Right aortic arch with retroesophageal left aberrant innominate artery.
Right aortic arch with a left retroesophageal innominate artery (type D double aortic arch) is rare. The diagnosis is made by aortography. The present case is the first known patient to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging study that outlined the anomaly clearly.
Moes
C A
CA
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
Mawson
J B
JB
MacDonald
C
C
Smallhorn
J
J
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography