title: Spontaneous rupture of the descending aorta through atherosclerotic plaque: report of a case.
abstract: Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic descending aorta is rare, and uniformly fatal without surgery. We report herein the case of a man in whom such a rupture was successfully treated with emergency surgery. We believe that the rupture in this patient was most likely associated with perforation through an atherosclerotic plaque of the descending aorta and was induced by sudden hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimanuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Washio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous