Atypical presentation of Kommerell's diverticulum.
The authors report a case of a 65-year-old male patient who, after complaint about retrosternal discomfort and going through a thoracic radiography with mediastinal enlargement, was submitted to magnetic resonance angiography, which detected a right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery and Kommerell diverticulum. A literature review was the basis for our clinical conduct, for the surgical treatment is complex. The patient presented improvement with clinical treatment and, currently, is under ambulatory follow-up care, with control proposed for three months later or in case of worsening.
Barranhas
Adriana Dias
AD
RM Cardíaca, Hospital de Clínicas de Niterói, Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Indiani
João Mauricio Canavezi
JM
Marchiori
Edson
E
Santos
Alair Augusto S M D Dos
AA
Rochitte
Carlos Eduardo
CE
Nacif
Marcelo Souto
MS
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*