[Case report of a saccular aneurysm of the thoracic aorta in childhood].
A five-year-old boy with a large saccular aneurysm of the thoracic descending aorta extending rightward in the mediastinum underwent operation. Through a left thoracotomy descending aorta was clamped during partial femoro-femoral bypass and a examination of somatosensory evoked potential of the spinal cord. Placing a vertical incision on the aorta, a orifice of the aneurysm was closed with a xenograft pericardial patch. The aneurysm was left untouched. Nine months after operation the aneurysm was not recognized on chest X-ray and computed tomography. Etiology was unknown.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japan Red Cross, Nagoya First Hospital.
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Ogawa
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Koike
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Yano
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Hayase
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Kidokoro
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Hattori
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Umeda
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Sugito
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Ito
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods