Asymptomatic balanced-type double aortic arch in an elderly patient: a case report.
Double aortic arch is a congenital abnormality and sporadic cases have been reported in adult patients, who are usually diagnosed after complaining of asthma-like symptoms or swallowing difficulties because of the compression of the trachea or esophagus by the abnormal aortic arches. We present the case of a 67-year-old male patient with double aortic arch, found coincidentally during coronary angiographic examination.
Yilmaz
Mert
M
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. mertyilmaz@uludag.edu.tr
Tok
Mustafa
M
Cengiz
Mete
M
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male