Double Aortic Arch

Abstract

Though congenital aortic arch malformations vary between 1 and 2% in the general population [1], the possible variants are numerous and are defined according to the underlying branchial cleft embryological disorders. Clinical manifestation of aortic arch malformation can vary widely between asymptomatic and such multiple clinical symptoms and broad differential diagnoses which is why knowledge of the condition is of great importance. Aortic arch anomalies are referred to as vascular ring malformations, where a subtype is the double aortic arch - one of the most common forms of a vascular ring, a class of congenital anomaly of the aortic arch system in which the trachea and esophagus are completely surrounded by connected segments of the aortic arch and its branches. We present a clinical case of a 6-month-old entering to confirm the diagnosis.