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Calcification of thoracic aorta – solar eclipse sign

BACKGROUND: Calcification of thoracic aorta is very common in old people, especially ones with hypertension. This can sometime be visible on plain chest radiograph. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a male patient who had extensive deposition of calcium in the thoracic aorta. CONCLUSION: The r...

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Autores principales: Dhoble, Abhijeet, Puttarajappa, Chethan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18759981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-133