title: Acute traumatic injury of the distal descending aorta associated with thoracic spine injury.
abstract: A rare case of traumatic injury of the distal descending aorta associated with thoracic spine injury is reported. A 21-year-old man was admitted after a traffic accident. Thoracic CT and angiography demonstrated a false aneurysm of the distal descending aorta and a compression fracture of the eleventh thoracic vertebra. At emergency surgery, a transverse linear tear at the level of the aortic hiatus was confirmed and repaired.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugizaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazaki
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed