title: Circumferential involvement of an acute type B aortic dissection: a unique case.
abstract: A case of a 35-year-old woman with acute circumferential type B aortic dissection is presented. A review of the literature demonstrated that circumferential aortic dissection is limited to a small number of case reports and a small case series of type A lesions. This is the first report of a circumferential type B dissection. The case highlights the need to fully evaluate patients with acute aortic dissection and illustrates the unique data provided by transesophageal echocardiography and helical computed tomographic angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Kayser
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brinster
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Nixon
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001027:Aortography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed