title: Saccular aneurysm in the right-sided aortic arch: a successfully corrected case.
abstract: We report the surgical treatment of a rare case of true aortic aneurysm in a right-sided aortic arch. A 49-year-old female patient with obstructive respiratory problems demonstrated a true aneurysm with a diameter of 58 mm located at the right-sided aortic arch between the right carotid artery and right subclavian artery. Surgery was successfully performed by replacing the arch including the aneurysm with a prosthetic graft. The positions of true aneurysms in the right-sided aortic arch can be divided into two subtypes: first, the transverse arch between the right carotid artery and right subclavian artery, and second, the base of the subclavian artery, the Kommerell's diverticulum. The region is informative for consideration of the surgical approach toward aneurysms of this entity.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadoba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates