Double Aortic Arch With Previously Undescribed Head and Neck Vessel Branching.
Vascular ring in the form of a double aortic arch is a rare anomaly that can cause airway compression. It occasionally occurs with unusual head and neck vessel branching. A 5-year-old boy with chronic respiratory symptoms was referred because of a tracheal indentation on his chest x-ray. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a double aortic arch with arch origins of a common carotid, vertebral, and subclavian on the right and internal and external carotids, vertebral, and subclavian arteries on the left. Our case represents, to our knowledge, the first report of a double aortic arch with 7 separate vessels arising from the transverse arches.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: hashemis@kidsheart.com.
Sassan
S
Hashemi
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
W James
WJ
Parks
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Denver
D
Sallee
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Timothy
T
Slesnick
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*