Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of tracheomalacia (TM) associated with different types of mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies in symptomatic children using paired inspiratory-expiratory multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study group consisted of 15 consecutive symptomatic pediatric patients (12 males/3 females; mean age of 4.4 y; age range of 2 wk to 16 y) with mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies, who were referred for paired inspiratory-expiratory MDCT during a 35-month time period. Computed tomography (CT) angiography was also concurrently performed during the end-inspiration phase of the study. Two radiologists in consensus reviewed all CT images in a randomized and blinded fashion. End-inspiration and end-expiration CT images were reviewed for the presence and severity of tracheal narrowing and the type of mediastinal aortic vascular anomaly involved. TM was defined as > or =50% reduction in tracheal cross-sectional luminal area between end-inspiration and end-expiration. The presence of TM was correlated with the type of mediastinal aortic vascular anomaly and compared with the bronchoscopy results when available (n=9). RESULTS:Mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies included innominate artery compression (IAC) (n=6), a right aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery (n=5), double aortic arch (n=3), and a left aortic arch with an aberrant right subclavian artery (n=1). Eight of 15 (53.3%) patients demonstrated TM. TM was seen in all 6 patients (100%) with IAC, 1 of 3 (33.3%) patients with double aortic arch, and 1 of 5 (20%) patients with a right aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery. CT results were concordant with the results of bronchoscopy in all patients who underwent this procedure (n=9). CONCLUSIONS:Symptomatic pediatric patients with mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies have a relatively high prevalence of TM, especially those with IAC. Paired inspiratory-expiratory MDCT should be considered part of the routine preoperative evaluation of TM in symptomatic children with IAC and also has the potential to play a role in evaluating patients with other mediastinal aortic vascular anomalies.
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J Thorac Imagingjournal_title
Journal of thoracic imagingauthors
Lee EY,Zurakowski D,Waltz DA,Mason KP,Riaz F,Ralph A,Boiselle PMdoi
10.1097/RTI.0b013e31817fbdf7subject
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2008-11-01 00:00:00pages
258-65issue
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0883-5993issn
1536-0237pii
00005382-200811000-00006journal_volume
23pub_type
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