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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;36:188. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.010
Copyright © 2009, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Kommerell's diverticulum

Wolfgang G. Mouton*, André Wyss

Departments of Surgery and Radiology, Spital STS AG, CH-3600 Thun, Switzerland

Received 2 February 2009; received in revised form 4 March 2009; accepted 6 March 2009.

* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Surgery, Spital STS AG Thun, CH-3600 Thun, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 33 226 29 21; fax: +41 33 226 29 33. (Email: wolfgang.mouton{at}spitalthun.ch).

Key Words: Kommerell's diverticulum • Lusorian artery

Burckhard Friedrich Kommerell (1900–1990) described his diverticulum/aneurysm of the proximal lusorian artery in 1936. Fig. 1 shows the incidental finding of an asymptomatic Kommerell's diverticulum of 5.1 cm in diameter in an 88-year-old man who was investigated for anaemia. No treatment of the Kommerell's diverticulum was suggested.


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  		Fig. 1. Asymptomatic Kommerell's diverticulum (marked with {circ}, ascending aorta with (\#9632;), descending aorta with ({square})). Incidental finding in an 88-year-old man.

 





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