title: Dissecting aortic aneurysm in a horse.
abstract: A case of dissecting aortic aneurysm in a 4-year-old male thoroughbred horse is reported. The horse had a history of inflammation in the right thigh and a fever 2 weeks before sudden death. At necropsy, aortic aneurysms were observed from the aortic valve to the aortic arch, spreading over a distance of 40 cm. An irregular rupture of the intima of the ascending aorta was located in the cardiac side of a ramification to the tunica branchiocephalicus communis. An intramural haematoma, apparent on the cut surface and in the pericardium, had caused cardiac tamponade and sudden death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kameino 1866, Fujisawa, 252-0813, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Momotani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoi
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male