Transposition of the great vessels chest x ray

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Keri Shafer, M.D. [4]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [5]

Overview

Chest Xray findings

Images

Patient #1

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• It may be normal in the first few days of life
• “Egg on a string” is the classic Xxay finding of this condition. It is so called as the arteries form a pedicle due to transposition.
• Pulmonary vascular markings are often normal or increased if the condition is associated with ventricular septal defect