title: Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
abstract: The gold standard to clarify an acute pathology of the ascending aorta is transesophageal echocardiography or contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Neither of these methods led to the correct finding in our case of an inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Both assessments resulted in the diagnosis of an acute dissection of the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. künzli@chi.usz.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Künzli
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: von Segesser
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Spahn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jenni
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates