Pediatric Right Aortic Arch Without an Aberrant Vessel

  • Etiology: Congenital
  • Imaging: Right aortic arch with mirror image branching of the great vessels
  • DDX:
  • Complications:
  • Treatment:
  • Clinical: 95% of patients have congenital heart disease

Radiology Cases of Right Aortic Arch Without an Aberrant Vessel

CT of right aortic arch without an aberrant vessel
Coronal CT with contrast of the chest (below) shows a right aortic arch with mirror image branching of the great vessels arising from it. Axial CT (above) shows a functional vascular ring with the trachea and esophagus going through the center of it.