Silent aortic dissection with hemopericardium. Diagnosis by computerized tomography.
An asymptomatic woman was evaluated because of a chest x-ray examination suggesting an aortic aneurysm. CT scan revealed proximal aortic dissection, which had apparently leaked into the pericardium. Increased use of CT scanning is expanding our knowledge of the clinical spectrum of aortic dissection.
Khurana
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Department of Radiology, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn 11235.
Goorahoo
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Friedman
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D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed