title: Chronic dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta following minor blunt trauma.
abstract: A 64-year-old man admitted for treatment of a thoracic aneurysm had experienced severe back pain 10 years earlier after falling heavily on his forearms. From the night following the fall, hoarseness and pleuritic chest wall pain continued for about 3 months. Preoperative imaging showed a chronic dissecting aneurysm near the aortic isthmus. The patient's history suggested that the fall 10 years before surgery was the most likely cause.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovaecular Surgery, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 1696 Itai, Konan-machi, Osato-gun, Saitama 360-0105, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onoguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hachiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*