Vascular ring causing tracheal compression in an adult patient.
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.
Greiner
Andreas
A
Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria. andreas.greiner@uibk.ac.at
Perkmann
Reinhold
R
Rieger
Michael
M
Neuhauser
Beate
B
Fraedrich
Gustav
G
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*