Hemitruncus presenting in an adult. A case report

Abstract

Hemitruncus is a rare congenital anomaly in which one pulmonary artery branch, usually the right, arises from the ascending aorta just above the aortic sinuses, whereas the main pulmonary artery and the other pulmonary branch arise in their normal position. The authors present a case in which the patient was diagnosed as having hemitruncus as an adult, and to the best of their knowledge only 7 similar cases have been reported in the medical literature.