Cervical Aortic Arch: A Case Report

Cervical aortic arch is a rare type of aortic arch anomaly that is presumed to result from persistence of the third aortic arch and regression of the normal fourth arch. Most of the patients with this anomaly are asymptomatic, but symptoms of dysphagia and respira tory distress due to the compressio...

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Published in:Angiology 1997-07, Vol.48 (7), p.659-662
Main Authors: Açikel, Ünal, Ugurlu, Baran, Hazan, Eyüp, Salman, Ergun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Aorta, Thoracic - abnormalities
Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Diseases of the aorta
Female
Humans
Hypertension - etiology
Medical sciences
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Summary:Cervical aortic arch is a rare type of aortic arch anomaly that is presumed to result from persistence of the third aortic arch and regression of the normal fourth arch. Most of the patients with this anomaly are asymptomatic, but symptoms of dysphagia and respira tory distress due to the compression by the vascular ring have been reported. Other findings such as a supraclavicular pulsatile mass, blood pressure discrepancies between the upper limbs, and loss of femoral or opposite-upper-limb pulses with compression of the cervical mass may also be present. In this article a twenty-two-year-old woman with symptomatic cervical aortic arch is presented. The patient had a left cervical pulsatile mass and elevated blood pressure on her right upper limb and was treated surgically with reanastomosis of the aorta.
ISSN:0003-3197
1940-1574
DOI:10.1177/000331979704800715