Vascular ring due to double aortic arch with atretic left arch and left ligamentum arteriosum: report of one case

Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2003 May-Jun;44(3):168-70.

Abstract

A 1-day-old female infant presented with vomiting immediately after feeding and shortness of breath after birth. Esophagography revealed external compression of the esophagus. Echocardiography showed a right aortic arch with mirror image branching of brachiocephalic vessels without intracardiac anomalies. Left ventriculography confirmed the echocardiography findings and revealed a tenting of the proximal part of the left subclavian artery and a blind pouch of Kommerell diverticulum at the descending aorta. The patient underwent surgery, which revealed a complete vascular ring compressing the trachea and the esophagus. The ring was formed by a right aortic arch, atretic left arch and left ligamentum arteriosum. Following surgical division of the ligamentum arteriosum and the atretic left arch, the symptoms subsequently improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
  • Esophagus / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Trachea / pathology