title: Aortic arch blunt injury in front-seat passenger.
abstract: Aortic arch blunt injury has highly lethal nature. Because the physical examination findings are subtle, immediate medical evaluation is very important. The case was a 72-year-old woman. Massive haemorrhage in the left haemotorax, contusion area in the left lung and a traumatic transection of the distal aortic arch was observed during autopsy. We described intersting autopsy case of aortic arch blunt injury.
authors.forename: Nursel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Türkmen
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Şule Akköse
authors.initials: ŞA
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D001344:Autopsy; D003288:Contusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology