Right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery symptomatic in adulthood.
Congenital malformations of the aortic arch are rarely found in adulthood. We describe three cases of right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery with left-sided ligamentum arteriosum presenting in adulthood as vascular rings with symptoms of tracheal compression. Varying presentation as well as surgical strategy which was individualized according to the pathological anatomy of each case are discussed.
Bashar
Abul Hasan Muhammad
AH
First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. bashar@hama-med.ac.jp
Kazui
Teruhisa
T
Yamashita
Katsushi
K
Terada
Hitoshi
H
Washiyama
Naoki
N
Suzuki
Kazuchika
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery