title: Traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta simulating bronchogenic neoplasms.
abstract: A 70-year-old man was examined in 1977 because of hoarseness and a central opacification in the left hilus. At that time, the diagnosis of a central bronchogenic carcinoma was made based on roentgenographic findings. The patient's condition was reevaluated five years later, when an examination disclosed a chronic posttraumatic aortic aneurysm. Despite severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the patient was successfully operated on.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests