Positional dyspnoea due to aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.
Thoracic aortic aneurysms may produce breathlessness by compressing the tracheobronchial tree. We report a patient whose shortness of breath demonstrated a marked positional component, due to varying compression of her major airways by the lesion.
Phillips
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Dept of Thoracic Medicine, St. George's Hospital, London, UK.
Smith
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Millard
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D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012907:Smoking; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology