Stab Injury of the Thoracic Aorta: Computed Tomography Findings

Stab injury of the thoracic aorta is a rare condition with high mortality rate. Patients must be evaluated carefully, and the diagnosis usually should be confirmed by radiological modalities. In this case, we report a 37-year-old man presented with a penetrating stab injury to the upper back and the...

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Autores principales: Yildiz, Seyma, Toprak, Huseyin, Serter, Asli, Kocakoç, Ercan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/397514
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author Yildiz, Seyma
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description Stab injury of the thoracic aorta is a rare condition with high mortality rate. Patients must be evaluated carefully, and the diagnosis usually should be confirmed by radiological modalities. In this case, we report a 37-year-old man presented with a penetrating stab injury to the upper back and the thoracic aorta, and the diagnostic role of computed tomography is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35809092013-03-09 Stab Injury of the Thoracic Aorta: Computed Tomography Findings Yildiz, Seyma Toprak, Huseyin Serter, Asli Kocakoç, Ercan Case Rep Radiol Case Report Stab injury of the thoracic aorta is a rare condition with high mortality rate. Patients must be evaluated carefully, and the diagnosis usually should be confirmed by radiological modalities. In this case, we report a 37-year-old man presented with a penetrating stab injury to the upper back and the thoracic aorta, and the diagnostic role of computed tomography is discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3580909/ /pubmed/23476870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/397514 Text en Copyright © 2013 Seyma Yildiz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/397514
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