Stent graft in treatment of penetrating thoracic aortic ulcer.
A 75-year-old woman presented with shortness of breath. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram revealed two penetrating aortic ulcers in the descending aorta. Transesophageal echocardiogram examination confirmed the diagnosis. In the operating department, a stent graft to the thoracic aorta was inserted.
Khamaisi
Mogher
M
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. murir@hadassah.org.il
Anner
Haim
H
Marincheva
Gergana
G
Leitersdorf
Eran
E
Bogot
Naama
N
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*