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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2022; 10(03): 131-134
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743534
Case Report

A Case of Right Subclavian Artery Agenesis

Rose C. Gooding 
1   Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Hospital – Long Island, Mineola, New York
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George L. Hines
1   Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Hospital – Long Island, Mineola, New York
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Abstract

The authors present a 12-year-old male with an asymptomatic absence of the proximal right subclavian artery. On physical examination, his right brachial, radial, and ulnar pulses were diminished compared with the left side. Computed tomographic angiography revealed that the right subclavian artery was supplied from the anterior right internal mammary artery. A description of the acquired and congenital aortic arch anomalies and thoracic outlet syndrome differential diagnoses is provided.

Keywords

subclavian artery - agenesis - aortic arch - anomaly


Publication History

Received: 15 October 2020

Accepted: 09 September 2021

Article published online:
01 November 2022

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