Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule.
Bronchogenic carcinoma was suspected in an elderly male smoker who had lost weight and presented with a large solitary pulmonary nodule on the radiograph. On thoracotomy a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm was found. The diographic findings in this case and the characteristics of thoracoabdominal aneurysms in general are briefly discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*