The Left Brachiocephalic Vein Simulating Aortic Dissection on Computed Tomography

1 June 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Vol. 3 (3) , 360-361
https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-197906000-00011

Abstract

In patients with arteriosclerosis and a relatively high aortic arch, the left brachiocephalic vein may be located just anterior to the aorta. Such an anatomic relationship could simulate aortic dissection on computed tomography if this variation is not appreciated.

Keywords

AORTA
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS