Diverticulum of Kommerell / Divertículo de Kommerell
Arch. cardiol. Méx
;
75(4): 451-454, oct.-dic. 2005. ilus
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-631909
ABSTRACT
A case of an 11-months-old girl with vomiting and laryngeal stridor is presented, and in whom a Kommerell diverticulum was demonstrated, which is a rare variant of the incomplete vascular ring. It is well known that the magnetic resonance is the best study to define this malformation. In this patient, it was the cardiac catheterization which allowed to define the structures that constituted the vascular ring. The patient was surgically treated in a successful way. The embryological knowledge of the transformations of the aortic arches offers great assistance in the understanding of all the types of vascular rings.
RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso de lactante de 11 meses con historia de vómitos y estridor laríngeo secundaria a una rara variante de anillo vascular, divertículo de Kommerell. La resonancia magnética es considerada como el estudio ideal para definir la malformación, sin embargo, en este paciente, fue la angiografía la que permitió definir las estructuras del anillo vascular. El paciente fue tratado quirúrgicamente de manera exitosa. El conocimiento embriológico permite un adecuado entendimiento de los diferentes tipos de anillo vascular.
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Main subject:
Aorta, Thoracic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. cardiol. Méx
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez/MX
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