title: Positional dyspnoea due to aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Thoracic Medicine, St. George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Millard
mesh_terms: 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