title: Pitfalls in the diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysm by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A 74-year-old man underwent transesophageal echocardiography to evaluate the possibility of dissection of the descending aorta. The study demonstrated a round lumen that contained an echogenic mass mimicking aortic aneurysm with thrombus. However, computerized tomographic scanning identified the lumen as the pleural cavity containing a collapsed lung. The esophagus was on the right side of the spine, and the transesophageal technique could not visualize the descending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kronzon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demopoulos
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Schrem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasternack
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCauley
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Freedberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004947:Esophagus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed