title: Unusual presentation of ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm.
abstract: We here report a very unusual presentation of ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm. In a 50-year-old patient, almost asymptomatic and in stable clinical conditions, the chest radiograph and computed tomography scan revealed a right-sided rupture of a previously undiagnosed thoracic aortic aneurysm. The patient was treated successfully with an emergency surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Division, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK. ptotaro@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Totaro
authors.forename: Nello
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Degno
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sprini
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Argano
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures