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Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion
Aortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed wit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3562871 |
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author | Abugroun, Ashraf Subahi, Ahmed Gaznabi, Safwan Daoud, Hussein |
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description | Aortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with pericardial effusion upon preoperative workup for elective cholecystectomy. Further investigations confirmed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion secondary to a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. The patient condition was successfully managed with open surgical repair with an uneventful postoperative course. This case demonstrates an extremely rare presentation of incidental hemorrhagic pericardial effusion caused by a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. |
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spelling | pubmed-65258332019-06-12 Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion Abugroun, Ashraf Subahi, Ahmed Gaznabi, Safwan Daoud, Hussein Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Aortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with pericardial effusion upon preoperative workup for elective cholecystectomy. Further investigations confirmed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion secondary to a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. The patient condition was successfully managed with open surgical repair with an uneventful postoperative course. This case demonstrates an extremely rare presentation of incidental hemorrhagic pericardial effusion caused by a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. Hindawi 2019-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6525833/ /pubmed/31192016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3562871 Text en Copyright © 2019 Ashraf Abugroun et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Abugroun, Ashraf Subahi, Ahmed Gaznabi, Safwan Daoud, Hussein Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title_full | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title_fullStr | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title_full_unstemmed | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title_short | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
title_sort | chronic type a aortic dissection: rare presentation of incidental pericardial effusion |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3562871 |
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