[Right aortic arch simulates mediastinal tumor: diagnosis with spiral CT]

A Bankier; D Fleischmann; M Wiesmayr; P Hübsch

[Right aortic arch simulates mediastinal tumor: diagnosis with spiral CT]

Aktuelle Radiol. 1995 Jan;5(1):70-2.

[Article in German]

Authors

A Bankier¹, D Fleischmann, M Wiesmayr, P Hübsch

Affiliation

¹ Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute für Radiologische-Physikalische Tumordiagnostik, Universit atsklinik für Radiodiagnostik Wien.

PMID: 7888437

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with right aortic arch (type III) mimicking a mediastinal tumor. We discuss the radiological findings together with their embryologic correlations, and emphasize the role of spiral-CT in the acquisition of imaging data under difficult diagnostic conditions.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / embryology
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / embryology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Radiographic Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation*
Tracheal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Tracheal Stenosis / embryology