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. 2016 Jul 1;10(7):TE01–TE10. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/21443.8210

[Table/Fig-17a]:

[Table/Fig-17a]:

Truncus arteriosus. A three-month-old male with breathing difficulty, recurrent chest infection, diagnosed with truncus arteriosus: (a) Diagrammatic representation of vascular anatomy in truncus arteriosus; (b) Plain radiograph shows moderate cardiac enlargement with increased pulmonary arterial markings, especially on right side(open arrow); (c) echocardiography shows a single trunk(open arrow) providing origin to pulmonary artery and aorta; (d-f) Reconstructed outflow CT images shows a single large ascending aorta overriding large septal defect(circle); (e) Reconstructed axial oblique CT view shows pulmonary arteries arising from posterior aspect of aorta (triangle).