• Surg Radiol Anat · Mar 2013

    Case Reports

    Double aortic arch: an unusual congenital variation.

    • K S Satyapal, L Lazarus, and D Shama.
    • Department of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4001, South Africa. satyapalk@ukzn.ac.za
    • Surg Radiol Anat. 2013 Mar 1; 35 (2): 125-9.

    AbstractDouble aortic arch is a rare variation of the aortic arch that may cause tracheal and esophageal compression. Two postnatal cases of double aortic arch and their outcomes are reported. Both patients presented with stridor, repeated respiratory infections and episodes of apnea. Computerized tomography angiographic three-dimensional reconstruction revealed that in both patients, the right common carotid artery and right subclavian artery had separate origins from the right loop of the double aortic arch. The left subclavian artery and left common carotid artery arose separately from the left aortic arch. Both patients underwent corrective surgery and made an uneventful recovery.

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