title: [Aortic dissection in childhood. Occurrence and diagnostic procedure].
abstract: Aortic dissections of the aorta thoracalis are rare in childhood, and mostly cause a life-threatening situation in which an immediate diagnosis is the key for survival. Main causes are an aortic vitium or a traumatic disruption. The conclusive diagnosis can only be obtained by a chest-X-ray, the two-dimensional echocardiography and the dynamic computed tomography scanning of the thorax. It must be taken into account, that patients with a polytrauma could possibly suffer from a traumatic aortic dissection, which sometimes can only be diagnosed at a later date.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Aortendissektion im Kindesalter. Vorkommen und diagnostisches Vorgehen.