Successful surgical treatment for an adult case of double aortic arch.
We present the case of a 39-year-old male who had complaints of dysphagia and throat pain. Computed tomography (CT), 3 dimensional CT and aortography revealed a double aortic arch (Edwards type IA). The patient underwent exploration through a left-sided thoracotomy and the left arch was divided at the distal site of the left subclavian artery, which completely relieved the esophageal compression.
Kondo
Chiaki
C
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie General Medical Center, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
Takabayashi
Shin
S
Miyake
Yoichiro
Y
Onoda
Koji
K
Shimpo
Hideto
H
Yada
Isao
I
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed