Important Variations of Aortic Branches: Imaging Case Series

Abstract

Various anatomical variations are known to occur in branches of the aorta. Some of these variations are common while others are quite uncommon. However, these variations carry significant implications when the patient is diseased and some intervention or surgical procedure is to be done. Most of these variations are usually incidentally detected. This imaging case series illustrates some clinically important variations of aortic branches including branches of the aortic arch and abdominal aorta, with a review of the literature. All cases illustrated here were detected incidentally.