title: Surgical treatment of an aneurysm originating from a Kommerell's diverticulum in the right-sided aortic arch with retroesophageal component.
abstract: We report the case of a 41-year-old man presenting with a large Kommerell's diverticulum aneurysm in the right-sided aortic arch with retroesophageal component and moderate thoracic aortic dilation. Surgical treatment was performed through left thoracotomy and consisted of aneurysmectomy, closure of the distal aortic arch defect and aorta-left subclavian artery bypass. After 2 years computed tomography showed no modifications in the thoracic aortic morphology and the patency of the graft to the subclavian artery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Department, S. Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy. marcoagostini@libero.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agostini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Priotto
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feola
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Losardo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grosso
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed