Right sided aortic arch

Case contributed by Andrew Ho
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pre-op chest film for a right hip fracture.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
Annotated image

Frontal radiography shows a right paratracheal density (black arrow) with minimal leftward tracheal deviation in this patient with a known right-sided aortic arch since birth. 

Case Discussion

right sided aortic arch is a type of aortic arch variant which thought to occur in approximately 0.05-0.2% of the population.

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