title: Rupture of thoracic aorta caused by penetrating aortic ulcer.
abstract: We present the findings in a 57-year-old man with a rupture of the thoracic aorta that originated in a penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer. It formed a large hematoma that clinically mimicked a true saccular thoracic aneurysm. The possibility of penetrating aortic ulcer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muramoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis