Kommerell's diverticulum

A Kommerell diverticulum ( Latin Kommerell diverticulum ) is a congenital vascular anomaly.

It is a sac-like enlargement or protuberance of the aortic arch or the descending main artery (aorta descending) in the case of a right subclavian artery ( arteria subclavia dextra) extending from the aorta . The everted vascular segment lies behind the esophagus (retroesophageal) and can lead to swallowing difficulties ( dysphagia ). It corresponds to the residue of the artery of the fourth branchial arch on the opposite side of the dominant aortic arch.

The diverticulum was first described in a living person in 1936 by the German internist and radiologist Burkhard Kommerell , who discovered it in a patient at the Berlin Charité .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martina Soukup: The right aortic arch in the fetal period - associated malformation spectrum and outcome , (dissertation University of Bonn), 2008. PDF
2. ↑ Jacques AM van Son; Igor E. Konstantinov: Burckhard F. Kommerell and Kommerell's Diverticulum . In: "Texas Heart Institute Journal" 29, 2, 2002, pp. 109-112.
3. ↑ Bora Keum; Yong Sik Kim; Yoon-Tae Jeen; Hoon Jai Chun; Soon Ho Um; Chang Duck Kim; Ho Sang Ryu; Jin Hai Hyun: Dysphagia lusoria assessed by 3-dimensional CT . In: " Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ", 64, 2, August 2006, pp. 268-269. doi: 10.1016 / j.gie.2006.02.032

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