An infant with "dying spells"

Indian Heart J. 2003 Jan-Feb;55(1):78-80.

Abstract

A 45-day-old infant presented with the unusual and intriguing symptom of episodic crying and loss of consciousness. The infant was discovered to have a vascular compression of the trachea by the innominate artery, almost serendipitously. He was cured of his symptoms by anterior suspension of the innominate artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Apnea / etiology*
  • Brachiocephalic Trunk* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Trachea / pathology