Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report

We present an interesting case of a 53-year-old man with a non-patent ductus arteriosus erroneously diagnosed as acute thoracic aorta transection after a car accident. The aortography revealed a "rupture" of the linear inner curve of the aorta in the isthmus area, as well as a protrusion o...

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Autores principales: Apostolakis, Efstratios E, Baikoussis, Nikolaos G, Kalogeropoulou, Christina, Koletsis, Efstratios, Koniari, Ioanna, Karnabatidis, Dimitrios, Karanikolas, Menelaos
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20380734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-24
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author Apostolakis, Efstratios E
Baikoussis, Nikolaos G
Kalogeropoulou, Christina
Koletsis, Efstratios
Koniari, Ioanna
Karnabatidis, Dimitrios
Karanikolas, Menelaos
author_facet Apostolakis, Efstratios E
Baikoussis, Nikolaos G
Kalogeropoulou, Christina
Koletsis, Efstratios
Koniari, Ioanna
Karnabatidis, Dimitrios
Karanikolas, Menelaos
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description We present an interesting case of a 53-year-old man with a non-patent ductus arteriosus erroneously diagnosed as acute thoracic aorta transection after a car accident. The aortography revealed a "rupture" of the linear inner curve of the aorta in the isthmus area, as well as a protrusion of the aortic lumen in the corresponding area. During the followed thoracotomy an intact thoracic aorta and the remnant of a non-patent ligamentum arteriosum were found. It is the first reported case and we review all the possible entities which may give a false-positive image of traumatic aortic transection.
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spelling pubmed-28578312010-04-22 Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report Apostolakis, Efstratios E Baikoussis, Nikolaos G Kalogeropoulou, Christina Koletsis, Efstratios Koniari, Ioanna Karnabatidis, Dimitrios Karanikolas, Menelaos J Cardiothorac Surg Case report We present an interesting case of a 53-year-old man with a non-patent ductus arteriosus erroneously diagnosed as acute thoracic aorta transection after a car accident. The aortography revealed a "rupture" of the linear inner curve of the aorta in the isthmus area, as well as a protrusion of the aortic lumen in the corresponding area. During the followed thoracotomy an intact thoracic aorta and the remnant of a non-patent ligamentum arteriosum were found. It is the first reported case and we review all the possible entities which may give a false-positive image of traumatic aortic transection. BioMed Central 2010-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2857831/ /pubmed/20380734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-24 Text en Copyright ©2010 Apostolakis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case report
Apostolakis, Efstratios E
Baikoussis, Nikolaos G
Kalogeropoulou, Christina
Koletsis, Efstratios
Koniari, Ioanna
Karnabatidis, Dimitrios
Karanikolas, Menelaos
Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title_full Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title_fullStr Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title_short Remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
title_sort remnant of a non-patent ductus arteriosus mimicking traumatic thoracic aorta transection: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20380734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-24
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