Double aortic arch: report of a case.
Abnormalities of the embryonic development of the aortic arch system and the great vessels produce a multiplicity of anomalies. This discussion deals with an unusual combination of congenital abnormalities of the aortic arch system found at necropsy in a 71 year old woman. The condition had not produced any clinical signs or symptoms and was totally unsuspected.
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy