Michel Nasser, Bruna Beatriz Petrocheli, Thais Keltke Santos Felippe, Beatriz Isola, Beatriz Caroline Dos Santos Pereira, Ana Luiza Carvalho Sartoreli, João Marques Batista, Gustavo Muçouçah Sampaio Brandão
The aberrant right subclavian artery, also known as the arteria lusoria, is the most common aortic arch anomaly, occurring in 0.5 to 1% of the population. There is a higher prevalence in women and it is usually associated with other anatomical variations, such as the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve, present in 86.7% of cases. In the majority of cases, the aberrant right subclavian artery causes no symptoms. We describe this anomaly in an 82-year-old, hypertensive, and asymptomatic patient who had undergone a thoracoabdominal angiography to investigate a chronic DeBakey type III aortic dissection with dilation of the descending aorta...
2023: Jornal Vascular Brasileiro