title: [Posttraumatic aortic arch aneurysm: clinical and radiological presentation--case report].
abstract: The case of a patient with posttraumatic aortic arch aneurysm is presented. Dilatation of the aorta is called aneurysm. The most frequent cause of aortic aneurysm is atherosclerosis (about 80%), trauma (can be subdivided into true (morphologically are aneurysms classifield as fusiform or saccular), false aneurysm (pseudoaneurysm), and aortic dissection. Posttraumatic aneurysms are often false aneurysms, grow very slowly, remain clinically undetectable. Clinical manifestations are caused by pression of aneurysm on adjacent structures. Aneurysm can be diagnosed by using chest X-rays, USG, spiral CT with use of angio option, MRI, MR angiography, aortography. The most important complication of aortic aneurysm is rupture.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Radiologii i Diagnostyki Obrazowej, 4. Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SP ZOZ we Wrocławiu. irena_plucinska@interia.pl
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Plucińska
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Całka
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaźwiec
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuniej
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography