title: [Aneurysm of the thoracic aorta--a rare cause of fatal obstruction of the central bronchial system].
abstract: Two patients presented with severe obstruction of the distal trachea and the main bronchi, owing to compression by an aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta (patient 1) and the ascending and descending aorta (patient 2). Both patients died from combined respiratory and cardiac failure. Thoracic aortic aneurysm should be included in the differential diagnosis of subacute tracheobronchial obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling, lungemedicinsk sektion og røntgenafdelingen, Centralsygehuset i Naestved.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Laoutliev
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milman
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*