title: Aortic dissection with intimal intussusception: diagnosis and management.
abstract: A man presented with acute chest and back pain with loss of consciousness. CT scan showed a mass in the arch that extended into the descending aorta. A diagnosis of type I aortic dissection was ultimately made by echocardiography. At surgery there was a circumferential intimal tear in the aortic root, and an intussuscepted dissection flap was retrieved from the arch and descending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0007, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Holman
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography