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pulmonary artery. The odds are 1 in 200,000. It was discovered when I had my first CT scan. An ER doctor noticed that my lungs looked different so she ordered the CT.
A pulmonologist said that might be the reason for my scoliosis. I knew something was weird as a teenager when one bra strap kept slipping. In 1974 when I was being fitted for my wedding dress the seamstress said "Oh, you have scoliosis, your right shoulder is lower than the left."
My OB/GYN said I have an S curve down my back. He called it scoliosis also. There was nothing to be done about it.
With baby #2 I ended up in the hospital for a week because of a sudden chest pain. Blood clot? No. My ribs were rubbing together so, no lifting anything over 25 pounds.
Lots of back pain for the next 40 years until my sister found a wonderful chiropractor. He understood that there was no moving my spine. He focused on the knotted muscles in my back. Three treatments later and I almost cried for feeling so good. I still get a treatment when ever I feel the back pain returning.
Without an observant doctor and the modern medicine of CT scans I never would have known.