Aortic aneurysm and diverticulum of Kommerell: a dreadful concomitance

• Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author), Erasmo Simão da Silva (Author), Brenda Margatho Ramos Martines (Author), João Augusto dos Santos Martines (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

First described in 1936, the diverticulum of Kommerell (DOK) is a dilatation of the proximal segment of an aberrant subclavian artery. Appearing more frequently in the left-sided aortic arch, the aberrant right subclavian artery passes behind the esophagus toward the right arm, causing symptoms in t...