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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1850-1852
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Common arterial trunk associated with double aortic arch

Christian Schreiber, MDa, Victor T. Tsang, FRCSa, Robert Yates, MRCPb, Sachin Khambadkone, MRCPb, Siew Yen Ho, FRCPathc, Robert H. Anderson, MDc

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, NHS Trust and the Institute of Child Health, London, England, UK
b Department of Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, NHS Trust and the Institute of Child Health, London, England, UK
c Section of Pediatrics, Imperial College School of Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, London, England, UK

Address reprint requests to Dr Schreiber, German Heart Center at the Technical University of Munich, Lazarettstrasse 36, 80636 Munich, Germany
e-mail: schreiber{at}dhm.mhn.de

The combination of common arterial trunk associated with double aortic arch is very rare. We are aware of only four cases ever reported in English literature. We add two cases of this entity and comment on the morphological aspects, the clinical impact of the combined lesions, and their diagnostic and therapeutic implications.






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