Diagnostic criteria for penetrating atheromatous ulcer of the thoracic aorta.
An autopsy case of penetrating atheromatous ulcer of the ascending thoracic aorta is presented. The triplet imaging findings of mediastinal dilatation, interstitial pulmonary hemorrhage and pericardial effusion were diagnostic for penetrating atheromatous ulcer at the posterior wall of the ascending thoracic aorta. Immediate surgical treatment is indicated when these three findings emerge during examination.
Kimura
Shigeki
S
Department of Cardiology, Haibara General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Noda
Makoto
M
Usui
Michio
M
Isobe
Mitsuaki
M
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001344:Autopsy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology