title: Ruptured left subclavian artery aneurysm presenting as upper airway obstruction in von Recklinghausen's disease.
abstract: Aneurysms arising from the subclavian artery are very rare vascular abnormalities in von Recklinghausen's disease, which often have a silent clinical presentation and are difficult to diagnose before rupture. We report a case of von Recklinghausen's disease with life-threatening upper airway obstruction caused by spontaneous rupture of the left subclavian artery aneurysm in a 46-year-old woman. The diagnosis was eventually confirmed by a reconstructed enhanced computed tomography of aorta. We emphasise the importance of it as a differential diagnosis because life-threatening upper airway obstruction may develop in such patient.
authors: Emergency Department, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, No.95 Wen Chang Road, Shih Lin District, Taipei City 111, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Vei-Ken
authors: VK
authors: Seow
authors: Chee-Fah
authors: CF
authors: Chong
authors: Tzong-Luen
authors: TL
authors: Wang
authors: Chi-Fang
authors: CF
authors: You
authors: He-Yi
authors: HY
authors: Han
authors: Chien-Chih
authors: CC
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013348:Subclavian Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed