Esophageal cancer and right aortic arch associated with a vascular ring

Y Kinoshita; H Udagawa; Y Kajiyama; K Tsutsumi; M Ueno; T Nakamura; H Akiyama; M Tsurumaru

doi:10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00025.x

Esophageal cancer and right aortic arch associated with a vascular ring

Dis Esophagus. 1999;12(3):216-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00025.x.

Authors

Y Kinoshita¹, H Udagawa, Y Kajiyama, K Tsutsumi, M Ueno, T Nakamura, H Akiyama, M Tsurumaru

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 10631917
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00025.x

Abstract

We report on the problems of diagnosis and surgical technique from the standpoint of mediastinal anatomy in patients with esophageal cancer and right aortic arch associated with a vascular ring. We propose that left thoracotomy plus sternotomy is the best approach to allow visualization of the bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerves.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
Brain Neoplasms / secondary
Esophageal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal Neoplasms* / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
Radiography
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / anatomy & histology*
Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
Thoracotomy