Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm following acute descending thoracic aortic dissection. Case report.
The coexistence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm and an acute aortic dissection seems to be rare and only a few reports are to be found in the literature. We report a case of a patient with acute aortic dissection of the descending thoracic aorta that caused rupture of a pre-existing abdominal aortic aneurysm. The literature is also thoroughly reviewed.
Gugulakis
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AG
3rd Surgical Department, University School of Athens, Medical School, Sotiria Hospital, Greece.
Matsagas
M I
MI
Vasdekis
S N
SN
Hadjigakis
P
P
Papageorgiou
E
E
Macheras
A
A
Sechas
M N
MN
D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed