Late Diagnosis of Silent Thoracic Aortic Rupture Presented as a Right Pleural Effusion | Zendy

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Late Diagnosis of Silent Thoracic Aortic Rupture Presented as a Right Pleural Effusion

Author(s) -

Meletios Kanakis,

Vassilios Papavassiliou,

Polivios Drosos,

Elias Kaperonis,

George Benakis,

Achilleas Lioulias

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/906250

Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , thoracic aortic aneurysm , thoracic aorta , pleural effusion , surgery , pericardial effusion , radiology , aortic rupture , aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , aorta

Patients with ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm rarely present in a stable clinical condition. A man was referred to our hospital with the diagnosis of ruptured saccular aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. He successfully underwent both endovascular graft repair and open thoracotomy.

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