[Posttraumatic aortic arch aneurysm: clinical and radiological presentation--case report].
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.
Plucińska
Irena
I
Zakład Radiologii i Diagnostyki Obrazowej, 4. Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SP ZOZ we Wrocławiu. irena_plucinska@interia.pl
Całka
Karol
K
Jaźwiec
Przemysław
P
Kuniej
Tomasz
T
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography