Cervical aortic arch
A rare congenital anomaly of the great arteries characterized by cranially situated aortic arch ascending into the neck above the clavicles. Most patients remain asymptomatic some present with a murmur and a pulsatile neck mass stridor dyspnea recurrent bronchitis dysphagia or signs and symptoms of a stenosis/aneurism of the aortic arch. Other congenital heart anomalies are frequently associated including abnormalities of arch laterality and branching aortic coarctation or aneurysm.
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