Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm after blunt trauma.
A 4-year-old male child was admitted with a large 12 x 15 cm suprarenal abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm 7 months after an episode of blunt abdominal trauma. Aneurysmorrhaphy was performed through a left thoracoabdominal approach with Dacron patch aortoplasty. This report summarizes this case and reviews the literature on abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysms after blunt abdominal trauma.
Pisters
P W
PW
Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
Heslin
M J
MJ
Riles
T S
TS
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*