Dataset Information

Anomalous left internal mammary artery arising from an aberrant artery of the aorta in a patient with "pseudo bovine" aortic arch anatomy.

ABSTRACT: Many different aortic arch variants have been documented before. Pseudo bovine arch is the most common variant of the aortic arch. Pseudo bovine arch with other factors such as stenosis and calcification impose great difficulties even for experienced cardiologists. Knowledge of anatomical variants is useful information for interventional cardiologist, radiologist, and thoracic surgeons. Left vertebral artery left internal mammary artery (LIMA) alterations have been published a few times before, but here we present a first case to our knowledge with LIMA arising from an aberrant arterial branch of the aorta in a patient with a pseudo bovine aortic arch anatomy. .

SUBMITTER: Desai R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283006 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

ACCESS DATA

Similar Datasets

Project description:Background Penetrating ulcers of aorta, aortic dissections and intramural hematomas all come under acute aortic syndromes and have important similarities and differences. Case report We report a 67?year old man with rupture of a large penetrating ulcer of the distal ascending aorta with hemopericardium and left hemothorax. He underwent interposition graft replacement of ascending aorta and hemi-arch with a 30?mm Gelweave Vascutek graft but represented 6?months later with development of a penetrating ulcer which ruptured into a huge 14?cm pseudoaneurysm. This was repaired with a 28?mm Vascutek Gelseal graft replacement of arch and interposition graft reconstruction of innominate and left common carotid arteries. 6?weeks later, however, he ruptured his proximal descending aorta and underwent TEVAR satisfactorily. Unfortunately, 2?days later, he developed a pathological fracture of left proximal tibia with metastasis from a primary renal cell carcinoma. He died 3?weeks later from respiratory failure. We shall briefly outline the similarities and differences in presentation and management of penetrating aortic ulcers, aortic dissections and intramural haematomas. We shall discuss, in greater detail, penetrating ulcers of thoracic aorta, their natural history, location, complications and management. Conclusion This case report is unique on account of initial successful surgical redressal following rupture of penetrating ulcer of distal ascending aorta into left pleural and pericardial cavities, normally associated with instant death. The haemodynamic effects of the rupture were staggered due to initial contained rupture into a smaller pseudoaneurysm, followed by a further rupture into a false aneurysmal sac followed eventually by generalised rupture into the pleural and pericardial cavities - a unique way of aortic rupture. Further development of another penetrating ulcer and a small pseudoaneurysm in the distal arch 6?months later which further ruptured into a larger 14?cm false aneurysmal sac, which again did not result in exsanguination, is again extraordinarily rare. Thereafter he underwent emergency thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for a further rupture of descending thoracic aorta. All three ruptures were managed successfully and would usually be associated with near-certain death, only for the patient to succumb eventually to the complications of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Dataset Information

Anomalous left internal mammary artery arising from an aberrant artery of the aorta in a patient with "pseudo bovine" aortic arch anatomy.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets