title: Aortic dissection involving an aberrant right subclavian artery: CT and MR findings.
abstract: Three cases of aortic dissection involving an aberrant right subclavian artery are presented. Preoperative diagnosis was made based on CT and MRI. The association of dissection and aberrant right subclavian artery is rarely encountered; however, the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of these associations are important. We describe the chest radiographic, CT, and MR findings of this rare complication of a relatively common congenital vascular anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bluemke
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed