Klippel-Feil syndrome and supra-aortic arch anomaly: a case report

Ayilam S Sudhakar; Vinh T Nguyen; John B Chang

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1278292

Klippel-Feil syndrome and supra-aortic arch anomaly: a case report

Int J Angiol. 2008 Summer;17(2):109-11. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1278292.

Authors

Ayilam S Sudhakar¹, Vinh T Nguyen, John B Chang

Affiliation

¹ North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.

Abstract

Patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome have an increased incidence of supra-aortic arch anomalies. The present report presents the case of a patient who, during evaluation of his carotid arteries for nonspecific symptoms, was found to have an anomaly of the supra-aortic branches and Klippel-Feil syndrome.

Keywords: Cervical anomaly with Klippel-Feil syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports