Right-Sided Aortic Arch, Kommerell Diverticulum with Aberrant Left
Subclavian Artery: Diagnosed by Prenatal Ultrasound and Postnatal
Cardiovascular Casting
Abstract
Kommerell diverticulum (KD) is a rare cardiovascular malformation, which
is usually diagnosed after birth. To our knowledge, there is no report
of prenatal diagnosis of KD so far. Here we present a case of RAA, KD
with ALSA prenatally. We confirmed the prenatal diagnosis with a new
modified cardiovascular casting technique, which perfectly demonstrated
the cardiovascular malformations of the fetus. Our case demonstrates
that the modified cardiovascular casting technique can distinctly
delineated correlations and spatial structure of heart and cardiac
vessels, and this new approach of casting combined with clinical
diagnosis may have a role in postnatal diagnosis and clinical teaching.