Ectasia in the origin of the left subclavian artery--a case report of congenital malformation of the aortic arch.
A rare congenital anomaly of the aortic arch is presented, consisting of an ectasia of the left subclavian artery associated with narrowing of the aortic arch in an asymptomatic twenty-three-year-old woman.
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*