Rupture of a small fusiform thoracic aortic aneurysm.
We report a case of ruptured aortic aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. This aneurysm was fusiform and only 4.0 cm in maximum diameter. Emergency total aortic arch replacement was successful. Rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm of this shape and size is possible but extremely rare.
Takayama
Hiroo
H
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Morota
Tetsuro
T
Motomura
Noboru
N
Ono
Minoru
M
Kotsuka
Yutaka
Y
Takamoto
Shinichi
S
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans