Kamona Aws, Fox Andrew, Semionov Alexandre
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada.
Radiol Case Rep. 2022 Mar 9;17(5):1568-1572. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.02.027. eCollection 2022 May.
Horseshoe adrenal gland (HA) refers to congenital fusion of the adrenal glands across the midline - a rare anatomical variant often found in association with other congenital anomalies. Here we report 2 cases of HA associated with retro-aortic course of the right diaphragmatic crus, yet another rare anatomical variant, in a 61 your-old male and a 69-year-old female, who underwent CT examinations for unrelated reasons. Both patients also had additional vascular and vertebral anomalies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to document association of 2 rare congenital anomalies: HA and retro-aortic right diaphragmatic crus.
马蹄形肾上腺（HA）是指肾上腺跨越中线的先天性融合——一种罕见的解剖变异，常与其他先天性异常相关。本文报告2例马蹄形肾上腺合并右膈脚走行于主动脉后方（另一种罕见的解剖变异）的病例，患者分别为一名61岁男性和一名69岁女性，他们因无关原因接受了CT检查。两名患者还存在其他血管和脊柱异常。据我们所知，这是首次报道两种罕见先天性异常：马蹄形肾上腺和右膈脚走行于主动脉后方的关联。
