title: Vascular ring causing tracheal compression in an adult patient.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman was referred for evaluation because of a few years' history of inspiratory obstruction without dysphagia. A right aortic arch with mirror image bracheocephalic vessels narrowing the trachea was considered to be the reason for the dyspnea. Immediate decompression of the trachea and symptomatic relief was achieved through surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria. andreas.greiner@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perkmann
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
authors.forename: Gustav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fraedrich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*