title: Right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery symptomatic in adulthood.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. bashar@hama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Abul Hasan Muhammad
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Bashar
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Washiyama
authors.forename: Kazuchika
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: 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