Left-sided cervical aortic arch associated with pseudocoarctation, aneurysm formation, and anomalous left brachiocephalic vein: appearance on MDCT and MR angiography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging
Nabil J KhouryMukbil H Hourani

Abstract

Cervical aortic arch (CAA) is a rare congenital aortic anomaly. It can be associated with several cardiovascular abnormalities including aortic aneurysm, valvular disease, and pseudocoarctation. In this report, we present a case of CAA with combined association of both aneurysm formation and pseudocoarctation. This combination of anomalies is extremely uncommon, described in only 4 cases in the literature. In addition, our patient had an anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein that, to our knowledge, was not previously described in the literature to be associated with CAA. The radiographic, multidetector computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance angiography imaging findings are presented.

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