Traumatic aortic aneurysm in a child.
The clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation of a 2-yr-old boy with traumatic aortic aneurysm and aortic regurgitation is presented. Traumatic aortic aneurysms are extremely rare in childhood. To our knowledge this is the youngest reported patient with such pathology.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*