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Clinical introduction
An adolescent female patient presented for cardiology follow-up as well as worsening menorrhagia. A review of her medications revealed she has been on chronic prophylaxis for prevention of arterial thrombosis since childhood, likely now exacerbating her menorrhagia. A chest radiograph (figure 1A,B) and subsequent cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) were obtained (figure 1C and online supplementary video).
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(A,B) Chest X-ray and (C) cardiac computed tomography angiography.
Question
What childhood diagnosis is most commonly associated with the imaging findings of this patient?
Kawasaki disease. …
Footnotes
Contributors MP, HL and JK contributed equally to the preparation and writing of the manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Patient consent for publication Detail has been removed from this case description/these case descriptions to ensure anonymity.
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