Right aortic arch with duplicated superior vena cava

Case contributed by Maxime St-Amant , 8 Dec 2012
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Ian Bickle , 3 Dec 2019

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This case demonstrates type II right-sided aortic arch, which is associated with an aberrant left subclavian artery. There is also an associated duplicated superior vena cava.

  • -<p>This case demonstrates type II <a title="Right-sided aortic arch (RAA)" href="/articles/right-sided-aortic-arch">right-sided aortic arch</a>, which is associated with aberrant left subclavian artery. There is also associated <a title="Duplicated superior vena cava" href="/articles/superior-vena-caval-duplication">duplicated superior vena cava</a>.</p>
  • +<p>This case demonstrates type II <a href="/articles/right-sided-aortic-arch">right-sided aortic arch</a>, which is associated with an aberrant left subclavian artery. There is also an associated <a href="/articles/superior-vena-caval-duplication">duplicated superior vena cava</a>.</p>

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