Until recently the outlook for neonates with distal tracheal stenosis was uniformly poor, but several reports 1-4 have suggested that tracheal resection may be performed successfully in infants with this condition. We report the case of an infant who underwent surgery for double aortic arch and subsequently required resection of the distal trachea because of localised tracheomalacia. In contras...

three major arteries normally originate from the aortic arch. variations of the aortic arch branches are observed in some cases. rare variation of the aortic arch branches is originated from the retroesophageal right subclavian (rrs) artery as the last branch of the aortic arch. variation of artery is possibly associated with the variation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. this research provide...

OBJECTIVE To examine our experience of the detection of a right aortic arch in the fetus over an 8-year period. METHODS Between February 1998 and December 2005, all patients prospectively diagnosed with a right aortic arch at our center were identified from our database and the videotape reviewed. In addition, the videotapes of 300 normal and 110 abnormal arbitrarily selected fetal echocardio...

Vascular ring caused by double aortic arch most commonly occurs as an isolated anomaly (Keith, Rowe, and Vlad, I967). However, its association with pulmonary stenosis (Bahnson and Blalock, I950), tetralogy of Fallot (Griswold and Young, I949; Stewart, Kincaid, and Edwards, I964), truncus arteriosus (Kerwin, I936), ventricular septal defect and left superior vena cava (Lincoln et al., I969), and...

Vascular rings formed by anomalies of major arteries can compress the trachea and oesophagus so much as to cause respiratory distress and dysphagia. Twenty-nine patients with this condition are reviewed and discussed in five groups. The symptoms and signs are noted. Radiological examination by barium swallow is the most useful diagnostic aid. Symptoms can only be relieved by operation. The trac...

Congenital thoracic arterial anomalies can be incidentally detected in adults from imaging studies performed for other indications. Multidetector computed tomography plays a critical role in the noninvasive assessment of these anomalies and associated cardiac, mediastinal, or parencyhmal changes by providing volumetric data. Radiologists should be familiar with imaging findings ...