title: Surgical repair for chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm after 12-year follow-up.
abstract: A 39-year-old man underwent surgical repair of chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm after 12-year follow-up at our hospital. Eighteen years prior to surgery, he had been involved in a traffic accident, suffering a left hemopneumothorax. Chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm is extremely rare that few guidelines for surgical intervention exist for this disorder. However, it has been observed that all patients with new symptoms should be operated promptly, and that asymptomatic aneurysm detected over 2 years after the initial trauma can be monitored by careful follow-up pending symptomatic or radiologic change. The present case provides additional support for these strategies.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.forename: Kaiqiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Ikko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ichinoseki
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006468:Hemopneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*