Aneurysm of a right-sided descending aorta with a normal left-sided aortic arch

Masahiro Daimon; Hideki Ozawa; Kazuo Kurihara; Takahiro Katsumata

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.081

Aneurysm of a right-sided descending aorta with a normal left-sided aortic arch

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Feb;85(2):641-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.081.

Authors

Masahiro Daimon¹, Hideki Ozawa, Kazuo Kurihara, Takahiro Katsumata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. m-daimon@jg7.so-net.ne.jp

PMID: 18222285
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.081

Abstract

We encountered an extremely rare case of a saccular aneurysm of the descending aorta developing to the right of the spinal column with a normal left-sided aortic arch. An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a saccular aneurysm of the right-sided descending aorta that had increased in diameter. Resection of the aneurysm and prosthetic graft replacement of the right-sided descending thoracic aorta were successfully performed under deep hypothermia through a right thoracotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortography
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome