[Congenital vascular rings in children].
Two children with symptoms of dysphagia, dyspnoea and chronic pulmonary infections secondary to anomalies of the aortic arch are presented. Diagnostic procedures included oesophagography and aortic arch angiography. These showed a double aortic arch in the first child and an aberrant right subclavian artery in the second one, leading to compression of both trachea and oesophagus. Both children underwent surgery: in the first child the atretic anterior arch and the left ligamentum arteriosum were divided; in the second child the aberrant right subclavian artery was divided at its origin from the descending aorta and connected to the ascending aorta. Follow-up examinations showed a complete recovery of both patients.
van Son
J A
JA
Vincent
J G
JG
van Oort
A
A
Heystraten
F M
FM
Lacquet
L K
LK
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods
Congenitale vaatringen bij kinderen.