A rare case of isolated single coronary artery, Lipton's type LIIB diagnosed by computed tomography coronary angiography

Vikash Bhattarai, MBBS, MD; Sandeep Mahat, MBBS, MD; Asim Sitaula, MD; Nirmal Prasad Neupane, MD; Kritisha Rajlawot, MD; Sujit K Jha, MD; Saroj Chettry, MScMIT

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2022)

A rare case of isolated single coronary artery, Lipton's type LIIB diagnosed by computed tomography coronary angiography

Vikash Bhattarai, MBBS, MD,
Sandeep Mahat, MBBS, MD,
Asim Sitaula, MD,
Nirmal Prasad Neupane, MD,
Kritisha Rajlawot, MD,
Sujit K Jha, MD,
Saroj Chettry, MScMIT

Affiliations

Vikash Bhattarai, MBBS, MD: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Corresponding author.
Sandeep Mahat, MBBS, MD: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Asim Sitaula, MD: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nirmal Prasad Neupane, MD: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Kritisha Rajlawot, MD: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sujit K Jha, MD: UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
Saroj Chettry, MScMIT: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 12
pp. 4704 – 4709

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Single coronary artery (SCA) is a very rare coronary artery anomaly of origin and course with a reported prevalence of only 0.024%-0.066% among patients undergoing routine coronary angiography. The majority of the individuals remain asymptomatic and thus SCA is found only incidentally on conventional or computed tomography coronary angiography done for other reasons. A minority of the patients may have non-specific cardiac symptoms (such as ischemic pain, tachycardia, etc.) or even sudden death. SCA can occur in isolation or in association with other congenital cardiac defects like such as persistent truncus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), pulmonary atresia, transposition of great vessels (TGA), ventricular septal defect (VSD), coronary arteriovenous fistula (AVF), patent foramen ovale (PFO) and bicuspid aortic valve. We present a case of 50 years male with incidental finding of SCA arising from the left coronary sinus which had an inter-arterial course before branching (SCA Type: LIIB based on the Lipton-Yamanaka classification) which was revealed on computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) performed after the patient complained of infrequent chest pain. Management of the diagnosed cases can be either conservative, stent placement or surgical correction based on the symptomatology and clinico-lab findings.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/radiology-case-reports/

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