Leaking thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm presenting with a massive left haemothorax: a clinical trap.
A case is described in which a patient, who had had an aortic aneurysm repair 10 years previously, presented with a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm which ruptured immediately above the previous graft. The implications for the management of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are discussed.
Huddy
S P
SP
South West Thames Regional Cardiothoracic Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Joyce
W P
WP
Pepper
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed