Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: The rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) depends primarily on their diameter and increases exponentially with aneurysm growth. Therefore, giant AAAs, defined as > 13.0 cm in diameter, are rare clinical entities. REPORT: A giant ruptured AAA that measured >20 cm in di...

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Autores principales: Duijzer, Cathelijne, Schuurs, Thomas C., Wisselink, Willem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30734005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.11.005
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: The rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) depends primarily on their diameter and increases exponentially with aneurysm growth. Therefore, giant AAAs, defined as > 13.0 cm in diameter, are rare clinical entities. REPORT: A giant ruptured AAA that measured >20 cm in diameter was successfully treated by open repair. CONCLUSION: It remains unclear why giant AAAs continue to grow to extreme size without rupturing. Open repair seems to be the treatment of choice for most giant aneurysms, both ruptured and unruptured.

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