Right-sided aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery diagnosed in an infant with regurgitation

Farid Imanzadeh; Amirhossein Hosseini; Mahsa Rashid; Ali Taher Ghasemi; Fatemeh Salahshouri; Fariba Fariba; Parin Yazdanifard

Right-sided aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery diagnosed in an infant with regurgitation

Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2022 Winter;15(1):99-102.

Authors

Farid Imanzadeh¹, Amirhossein Hosseini¹, Mahsa Rashid², Ali Taher Ghasemi², Fatemeh Salahshouri², Fariba Fariba³, Parin Yazdanifard¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Research Center, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department Of Pediatric Cardiology, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 35611246
PMCID: PMC9123637

Abstract

Right-sided aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the aorta that occurs in less than 0.1% of the population. Patients are asymptomatic in most cases, and the anomaly is found incidentally; however, symptoms can occur due to the compression of other structures, mostly the trachea and esophagus. In this report, we present a case of esophageal compression by a right-sided aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery that mimicked gastro-esophageal reflux in a 3-month-old (87-day-old) infant with complaint of regurgitation, vomiting, and failure to gain weight who was diagnosed through a barium meal study.

Keywords: Aortic Arch; Infant; Regurgitation.

Publication types

Case Reports