Open AccessInterrupted aortic arch: A case report
Author(s) -
Andrea Franconeri,
Francesco Ballati,
Maurizio Pin,
Luisa Carone,
G.M. Danesino,
Adele Valentini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/ijri.ijri_273_19
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , bicuspid aortic valve , ascending aorta , differential diagnosis , chest pain , descending aorta , cardiology , thoracic aorta , radiology , computed tomography angiography , aorta , interrupted aortic arch , surgery , computed tomography , pathology
Interrupted aortic arch diagnosed in adult age is a rare entity, with only a few cases published in the literature. Most of them are classified as type A interrupted aortic arch and differential diagnosis is associated with severe chronic coarctation. We present a case of a 52-year-old woman accessed to the emergency department for chest and right upper limb pain that increased in the last days. She underwent a computed tomography angiogram showing interruption of the aortic arch, distal to left subclavian artery origin, large bilateral collateral vessels connecting subclavian arteries to descending aorta with multiple voluminous aneurysms, a bicuspid aortic valve, dilatated tubular segment of ascending thoracic aorta, and a suspected atrial septal defect. A nonsystematic literature review regarding these conditions has been performed.