An unusual course of aortic arch through an accessory fissure of left upper lobe of the lung: extramediastinal aortic arch

• DOI: 10.1007/s00276-016-1729-3
• Publication Date: 2016-08-09T09:50:16Z
• Authors: Mehmet Ali İkidağ; Hüseyin Biçer; Mehmet Ali Cüce; Meral Uyar; Salih Murat Akkın
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Vascular Malformations; Anatomic Variation; Aorta, Thoracic; Radiography; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Lung

In this case report, we present an unexpected, extramediastinal course of aortic arch through an accessory fissure of left upper lobe of the lung in a 19-year-old healthy man.