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A 33-year-old G4P3 patient underwent fetal echocardiography after obstetric ultrasound showed concern for double aortic arch. Fetal echocardiogram was suspicious for vascular ring with presumptive diagnosis of double aortic arch vs. circumflex right aortic arch. The child was born at 38 weeks gestation via induced vaginal delivery and had an uneventful postnatal course. Post-natal echocardiogram was able to diagnose vascular ring but could not fully assess the arch or branching pattern. Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) was able to definitively diagnose right aortic arch and characterize the branching pattern. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the literature of a circumflex right aortic arch suspected on fetal echocardiogram and postnatal echocardiogram and subsequently confirmed with CCTA. Fetal echocardiogram provides a unique opportunity to assess the aortic arch as the trachea is filled with fluid. 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