Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma

Blunt, nonpenetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are uncommon and associated with a high mortality rate within the first hour. Aortic injury is missed in 1-2% of patients that survive to hospital, and a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm may subsequently form. We present a case in which a chronic...

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Autores principales: Miller, Sarah, Kumar, Prashant, Van den Bosch, Rene, Khanafer, Adib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/470917
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Kumar, Prashant
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description Blunt, nonpenetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are uncommon and associated with a high mortality rate within the first hour. Aortic injury is missed in 1-2% of patients that survive to hospital, and a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm may subsequently form. We present a case in which a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm was diagnosed 29 years following a significant motor vehicle accident. We discuss the epidemiology, presentation, and management of this uncommon consequence of blunt, nonpenetrating aortic injury. Our case illustrates an important clinical lesson; a past medical history of trauma should not be overlooked at any patient assessment.
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spelling pubmed-45507472015-09-08 Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma Miller, Sarah Kumar, Prashant Van den Bosch, Rene Khanafer, Adib Case Rep Surg Case Report Blunt, nonpenetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are uncommon and associated with a high mortality rate within the first hour. Aortic injury is missed in 1-2% of patients that survive to hospital, and a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm may subsequently form. We present a case in which a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm was diagnosed 29 years following a significant motor vehicle accident. We discuss the epidemiology, presentation, and management of this uncommon consequence of blunt, nonpenetrating aortic injury. Our case illustrates an important clinical lesson; a past medical history of trauma should not be overlooked at any patient assessment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4550747/ /pubmed/26351610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/470917 Text en Copyright © 2015 Sarah Miller 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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title_full Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma
title_fullStr Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma
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title_short Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma
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