A rare cause of respiratory distress in infants: tracheal compression due to anomalous course of innominate artery

Incomplete vascular ring is a rare congenital vascular anomaly causing tracheal compression. A case of anomalous innominate artery causing tracheal compression and low grade tracheomalacia with remarkable dyspnea and intermittent apnea in a five-month-old infant is reported. Chest X-ray revea...

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Main Authors: Yusuf Kenan Yalçinbaş, Ersin Erek, Ece Salihoğlu, Ayşe Sarioğlu, Tayyar Sarioğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2006-01-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2605
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