Case Report
Dominant Interarterial Ramus in a Right- Sinus Single Coronary Artery: A Case Report on Deviation from Lipton’s Classic R-III Variant on CT- CAG
Pushkar Mahajan, Chandresh Karnavat and Shrinivas B. Desai
1DNB Radiology Resident, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
2Consultant Radiologist, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
3Head of Radiology Department, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
2Consultant Radiologist, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
3Head of Radiology Department, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
*Corresponding author:Dr. Pushkar Mahajan, Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre Mumbai, Maharashtra, India E-mail Id:mahajan.pushkar@icloud.com
Copyright: ©2025 Mahajan P, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information:Submission: 10/07/2025; Accepted: 05/08/2025; Published: 08/08/2025
Abstract
Single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital coronary anomaly in which all three major coronary arteries arise from a single aortic sinus. We present a unique case of a 59-year-old female who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for evaluation of new-onset ventricular ectopics
and epigastric discomfort. Imaging revealed a solitary coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva, giving rise to the right coronary artery (RCA), left anterior descending artery (LAD), left circumflex artery (LCx), and a prominent ramus intermedius. The LAD had a benign prepulmonic course, while the
LCx followed a retroaortic route. Notably, the ramus intermedius coursed between the aorta and pulmonary artery (interarterial), and was the dominant vessel supplying the lateral wall of the left ventricle due to diminutive obtuse marginal branches. This configuration is a previously undescribed variant diverging from the classic R-III Lipton classification and represents a potentially malignant anomaly. Recognition of such atypical and hemodynamically significant variants is crucial for clinical risk stratification and interventional planning.
Keywords: Single Coronary Artery; Lipton Classification Variant; Interarterial Ramus; Coronary CT Angiography; Malignant Coronary Anomaly; R-III Deviation
