Right-sided cervical aortic arch associated with tetralogy of Fallot and peculiar tortuosity of the descending aorta.
A right-sided cervical aortic arch, tetralogy of Fallot, and a peculiar tortuosity of the descending aorta in which the aorta formed triple loops were diagnosed by angiocardiography in a 12-year-old girl. Histologic examination of the biopsied wall of the left subclavian artery, taken at the time of a Blalock-Taussig anastomosis, revealed no elastic-tissue defect.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging