title: Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a descending aortic aneurysm rupture into the left lung.
abstract: This case report describes a patient in whom a descending aortic aneurysm ruptured into the left lung, producing hemoptysis. With transesophageal echocardiography, we were able to define the site and extent of the aneurysm, as well as the two sites of rupture into lung tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station, SW/S102, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Aaluri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ansingkar
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Berland
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male