title: Interrupted aortic arch in an adolescent male.
abstract: Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is an uncommon and usually lethal congenital malformation. The present report describes an unusual case of IAA, an aneurysmal ascending aorta and a bicuspid aorta in a 15-year-old boy. He presented with general malaise, weakness of his legs, headache and hypertension that began six months earlier. He had suffered from effort intolerance since childhood. A three-dimensional gadolinium contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiogram demonstrated IAA and a markedly developed collateral circulation. IAA is an uncommon disease that is rarely encountered in an adolescent patient with nonspecific symptoms or hypertension. The present case also shows the clinical value of three-dimensional gadolinium contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for noninvasive assessment of the aortic arch, and magnetic resonance angiography can replace angiography in the assessment of aortic arch anomalies and visualization of well-developed collaterals.
authors.affiliation: University of Gaziantep, School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Sahinbey Medical Center, Gaziantep, Turkey. vedatdavutoglu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Davutoglu
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soydinc
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sirikci
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dinckal
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akdemir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome