title: Giant coronary aneurysm associated with aortic mucoid medionecrosis.
abstract: A case of sudden death due to rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta in a 38-year-old man is presented. The patient had a clinical history of severe hypertension. The autopsy also revealed the presence of a voluminous aneurysm of the right coronary artery and a solitary multilocular cyst of the right kidney. It is thought that a prodromal influenza-like syndrome and the renal lesion could have played a role in causing the vascular pathology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Caro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bordignon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crestani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parenti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000473:pathology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis