[Symptomatic right aortic arch in adults]

Med Clin (Barc). 1991 Apr 20;96(15):578-80.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A 54-year-old female presented with dyspnea on exertion and wheezing, with a negative response to inhaled beta-2 stimulating drugs and intravenous glucocorticoids. The major values of basal spirometric study were normal; however, the morphology of the flow-volume curve showed intrathoracic obstruction of large airways, with negative response to beta stimulating drugs. The bronchial provocative test with histamine was normal. Chest radiographs only showed a mild widening of the median mediastinum with left anterior tracheal displacement. Nuclear magnetic resonance showed a right aortic arch with tracheal strangulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Asthma / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Physical Exertion
  • Radiography
  • Trachea / diagnostic imaging