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Prenatal Diagnosis of Right Aortic Arch with Mirror Image Branching: Importance of the Three-vessel-trachea View
Başak KAYAa, Deniz Kanber ACARa, Salim SEZERa, Gökhan YILDIRIMa, Halil ASLANa, Helen BORNAUNb
Clinics of
aMaternal and Fetal Medicine Unit,
bPediatric Cardiology,
Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul
J Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2018;28(1):20-3
DOI: 10.5336/gynobstet.2015-48268
Article Language: EN
Copyright Ⓒ 2024 by Türkiye Klinikleri. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
Aortic arch anomalies are rarely diagnosed in the prenatal period. However, due to the higher risk of accompanying chromosomal aberrations, diagnosis of these structural anomalies is of utmost importance. Aortic arch anomalies are detected in the three-vessel-trachea view, which is extremely useful in diagnosing several cardiac disorders and can be visualized during fetal echocardiography. In addition, the presence of a retroesophageal vascular ring should also be checked since it determines postnatal prognosis, and the delivery should be planned in a tertiary center. We report a case of the right aortic arch with mirror image branching and discuss the prenatal diagnosis and management of this anomaly.