title: Right-sided double aortic arch in an adult.
abstract: A 27-year-old woman complained of a severe stridor caused by a right-sided double aortic arch with a right-sided descending thoracic aorta. A smaller left-sided aortic arch had an atretic segment located between the left common carotid artery and an aortic diverticulum from which the left subclavian artery originated. Through a left fourth thoracotomy, the atretic segment, which caused a compression of the trachea and esophagus, was ligated and divided. The ligamentum arteriosum could not be identified on that side. After the operation she was completely relieved of her symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olearchyk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed