Double aortic arches, esophageal atresia and tracheal compression

Abstract

We report a case of double aortic arch in a 12-month-old male infant well delineated on 64 slice computed tomography scan. It formed a complete vascular ring around the trachea compressing it. The symptoms resolved after surgical division of the ring.

Keywords

• Double aortic arch
• congenital heart defects
• esophageal atresia
• vascular rings
• computed tomography
• helical