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Vascular ring anomaly accession 180393. Katie Phillips. Corky. 7 mo male intact South Down sheep. Corky. Presented to NCSU for 1 month history of regurgitation and multiple episodes of bloat. Owner has had for only a little over a month
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Vascular ringanomalyaccession 180393 Katie Phillips
Corky 7 mo male intact South Down sheep
Corky • Presented to NCSU for 1 month history of regurgitation and multiple episodes of bloat. • Owner has had for only a little over a month • Only eats alfalfa leaves and avoids all stems and has been seen to regurgitate grain.
Corky - esophagram • Boluses of liquid barium 30% wt/vol by dose syringe • Oroesophageal tube with negative contrast
Corky • Focal esophageal narrowing along cranial margin of heart base
Embryology • Embryological arches are paired: some segments persist after birth as normal vessels while others regress.
Persistent right aortic arch • Right aortic arch instead of left • Esophagus is entrapped by the ligamentumarteriosus that tethers the aorta to the left pulmonary artery. • Segmental esophageal dilation with constriction just cranial to tracheal bifurcation.
PRAA • Radiographic signs: • Leftward deviation of trachea • Absence of left margin of descending aorta • Left subclavian artery - may cause shallow indentation cranial to constriction on VD view. • Persistent left cranial vena cava – complicates surgery, can no longer just do lateral PDA surgery.
Double aortic arch • Esophagus is entrapped between aortic arches and heart base • Only vascular ring anomaly that can also encircle the trachea and cause dyspnea.
Aberrant right subclavian artery • Right subclavian artery arising directly from aorta crosses over top of esophagus left to right. • Causes dorsal constriction of esophagus, tends to be more cranial than PRAA.