title: Radiological diagnosis and classification of antegrade and retrograde Stanford type A intimal intussusception.
abstract: Intimal intussusception is an uncommon variation of aortic dissection, resulting from circumferential detachment and stripping of the intima in the setting of a Stanford type A dissection. The resultant tube of detached intima may prolapse either antegrade into the aortic lumen or retrograde into the left ventricular cavity. We classify these forms of dissection as antegrade and retrograde Stanford type A intimal intussusception. We present two cases with intimal intussusception and a review of the current literature. The majority of previous cases have been reported in the cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical literature, with few previous radiological reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA 6009, Australia. lucmedi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lucas H A
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Mark A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Kieren L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gara
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*