Images in cardiovascular medicine. Calcified pleural plaque can rupture thoracic aorta.
Inoue
Takahiro
T
Division of Cardiology, Nippon Steel Yawata Memorial Hospital, Kitakyusyu city, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koga
Tokushi
T
Kaseda
Shigeru
S
Kaizuka
Yasuo
Y
Kawazoe
Nobuyuki
N
Sadoshima
Seizo
S
Kinjo
Mituru
M
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001027:Aortography; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications