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Spontaneous aberrant right subclavian arterio-oesophageal fistula in a previously healthy child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2014

Michael R. Joynt  and
Ronald G. Grifka
Michael R. Joynt*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Ronald G. Grifka
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: M. R. Joynt, University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Congenital Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan. 1540 East Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-4202, United States of America. Tel: (734) 764-5177; Fax: (734) 936-9470; E-mail: mjoynt@med.umich.edu
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Abstract

An aberrant right subclavian artery arising from a left aortic arch is the most frequently described congenital aortic arch anomaly, occurring in 0.5 to 2.3% of the general population. Despite the retro-oesophageal course of the aberrant subclavian artery, an arterio-oesophageal fistula is an uncommon finding, only previously reported as a very rare complication in critically ill patients with oesophageal instrumentation or foreign body ingestion. We describe a unique case of a spontaneous aberrant right subclavian arterio-oesophageal fistula without an inciting event in a 17-month-child.

Keywords

Aberrant right subclavianarterio-oesophageal fistulaspontaneous fistula

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , October 2015 , pp. 1425 - 1427
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