title: Thoracic aneurysm expansion secondary to collateral supplies via thyrocervical trunk and intercostal arteries in a patient after thromboexclusion.
abstract: A case of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated after permanent clamping of the descending aorta (thromboexclusion) is reported. Angiographic and operative findings were: (1) a pseudo-aneurysm right at the distal anastomosis of previous intrathoracic bypass for pseudo-coarctation of the aorta filled by left ninth intercostal artery, which was supplied by the left internal thoracic artery; and (2) the cervical and thoracic spinal cord were supplied by the left vertebral artery and the mediastinal branch of the left thyrocervical trunk. This rare cause of a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm and the significance of the subclavian artery as a source of spinal cord blood supply are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Azusa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaima
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply