title: Successful resection of esophageal carcinoma associated with double aortic arch: a case report.
abstract: Double aortic arch (DAA) is an extremely rare vascular malformation which causes tracheal and esophageal compression, resulting in respiratory symptoms such as stridor and wheezing, or feeding problems such as dysphagia, usually during the first few months of life. In contrast, this disorder is rarely diagnosed in adults. We herein present an elderly case with thoracic esophageal carcinoma with DAA. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second report of a successfully resected case of esophageal cancer associated with DAA in the English literature. Moreover, this is the first reported case of symptomatic DAA with esophageal carcinoma. Spiral computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction was very useful for preoperative assessment of the abnormal vessels.
authors: Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. k-naoshi@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors: Naoshi
authors: N
authors: Kubo
authors: Masaichi
authors: M
authors: Ohira
authors: Yoshito
authors: Y
authors: Yamashita
authors: Katsunobu
authors: K
authors: Sakurai
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Tanaka
authors: Kazuya
authors: K
authors: Muguruma
authors: Kenjiro
authors: K
authors: Kimura
authors: Hisashi
authors: H
authors: Nagahara
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Noda
authors: Ryosuke
authors: R
authors: Amano
authors: Masakazu
authors: M
authors: Yashiro
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Maeda
authors: Kosei
authors: K
authors: Hirakawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male