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Ann Thorac Surg
; 106(2): e85-e87, 2018 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29580776
RESUMO
We report a patient with esophageal carcinoma accompanied by a double aortic arch. The preoperative computed tomography scan only detected the right aortic arch, but we found the double aortic arch during the operation. The patient underwent an esophagectomy through a left thoracotomy. Preoperative three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography images should be conducted to completely understand the anomalies of the great vessels.