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Merged bilateral arterial duct and circumflex retroesophageal right aortic arch in a fetus with normal intracardiac anatomy

Part of: Cardiac Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2019

Saïd Bichali Open the ORCID record for Saïd Bichali [Opens in a new window] ,
Romulus Cristian Grigorescu ,
Mathilde Lefebvre ,
Charlotte Oriot ,
Ferdinand Dhombres ,
Damien Bonnet  and
Lucile Houyel
Saïd Bichali*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes – M3C, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Femme-Enfant-Adolescent, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France
Romulus Cristian Grigorescu
Affiliation:
Foetopathology, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Mathilde Lefebvre
Affiliation:
Foetopathology, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Charlotte Oriot
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, Hôpital Femme-Enfant-Adolescent, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France
Ferdinand Dhombres
Affiliation:
Obstetrics, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Damien Bonnet
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes – M3C, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
Lucile Houyel
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes – M3C, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
*
Author for correspondence: Saïd Bichali, Hôpital Femme-Enfant-Adolescent, 38 Boulevard Jean Monnet, 44093 Nantes, 0033240083333, France. E-mail: said_b91@hotmail.fr
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Abstract

We report the case of a fetus with anamnios sequence and VACTERL syndrome, having a circumflex right aortic arch. Two arterial ducts join anteriorly to form a common vessel that connects to the pulmonary trunk with confluent pulmonary branches. Embryologically, the dorsal right 6th aortic arch did not disappear and the aortic arch development stopped in a symmetrical state with an exceptional “Y-shaped” merged bilateral arterial duct.

Keywords

Bilateral arterial ductcircumflex aortic archright aortic archVACTERL
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1546 - 1548
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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