[A case of chronic traumatic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta with the aberrant right subclavian artery].
A 59-year-old man had developed gradual prominence of the aortic knob in a chest X-ray film after a blunt chest trauma. Two and a half years after trauma, an angiogram revealed the aberrant right subclavian artery and a saccular aneurysm at the thoracic descending aorta just distal to it. It was treated with patch closure of the entrance of the aneurysm under a temporary bypass. Pathological findings were tearing off of a medial layer of the aorta. Postoperative course of this case was excellent. It must be noticed that the traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm had a high possibility of rupture even in the chronic stage.
Suzuki
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S
First Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine.
Kondo
J
J
Kurata
H
H
Imoto
K
K
Kajiwara
H
H
Sakamoto
S
S
Matsumoto
A
A
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*