CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017; 27(01): 70-72
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.202963
Cardiovascular Imaging

Prenatal diagnosis of a rare aortic arch anomaly with left aortic arch and right ductus arteriosus: Cross ribbon sign

S Boopathy Vijayaraghavan
SONOSCAN: Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Sathiya Senthil
SONOSCAN: Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
K Latha
SONOSCAN: Ultrasonic Scan Centre, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Here, we report a fetus with a rare aortic arch anomaly with left aortic arch and right ductus arteriosus, which has not been reported so far. In this condition, the aorta extends to the left of the trachea as in normal, while the ductus arteriosus extends to the right of the trachea and joins the descending aorta posterior to the trachea, with a cross-ribbon sign.



Publication History

Article published online:
27 July 2021

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