title: [Errors and hazards in the diagnosis of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta].
abstract: Altogether 70 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms were investigated. Of them 23 (32.9%) were investigated with prior diagnostic errors. In 13 patients the diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysm was made during erroneously performed thoracotomies (12 patients) and laparotomies (one patients). Diagnostic errors leading to bad tactical mistakes, were caused by insufficient patients' examination and wrong interpretation of x-ray findings.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grishkevich
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Kazanchian
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sultanaliev
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Arablinskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013908:Thoracotomy
vernacular_title: Oshibki i opasnosti pri diagnostike anevrizm grudnoĭ aorty.