Spontaneous healing of a traumatic thoracic aortic tear: case report.
A patient with deceleration trauma of the thoracic aorta causing significant intimal disruption is described in whom complete angiographic resolution was documented during a period of medical management. Review of the literature, along with our experience, suggests that traumatic aortic disruption constitutes a spectrum of injury rather than an all-or-none phenomenon. Immediate surgery, especially in multiply injured patients, may be delayed or even postponed indefinitely if the injury is relatively limited.
Wigle
R L
RL
Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
Moran
J M
JM
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014945:Wound Healing