Congenital Stridor Caused by an Aberrant Pulmonary Artery

That congenital stridor can be caused by vascular abnormalities has become more widely known during the past few years.With this increased awareness, the list of anomalies known to be capable of causing respiratory embarrassment has lengthened.The following case is, as far as we are aware, the first one due to an aberrant pulmonary artery to be described. Case ReportThe patient was a boy, the youngest of three children, the others having had no relevant illnesses.He was delivered normally at term.During the first two weeks after birth he had been well, but then developed a wheeziness which was constantly present although varying in intensity.This variation bore no relation to feeding, and he did not regurgitate his feeds.He was admitted to another hospital at the age of 4 months with an acute respiratory infection diagnosed as tracheo-bronchitis.This resolved within a week, but the child remained wheezy.At the age of 5 months he was admitted to Ruchill Hospital having developed another attack of acute respiratory distress during the preceding 24 hours.There was marked stridor with indrawing of the lower inter-