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CASE REPORT
A new syndrome: right-sided arcus aorta syndrome
  1. Sevket Ozkaya1,
  2. Adem Dirican1,
  3. Tibel Tuna2,
  4. Ferah Ece3
  1. 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Samsun Medical Park Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Samsun Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
  3. 3Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sevket Ozkaya, ozkayasevket{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Right-sided arcus aorta (RSAA) is a rare congenital anomaly that may cause chronic cough and dyspnoea. We aimed to define RSAA as a new syndrome characterised by RSAA, dyspnoea and cough during exercise. RSAA syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of asthma.

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