Sudden death due to dissection of the thoracic aorta associated with dissection and rupture of the pulmonary artery: report of two cases.
We present two cases of dissection of the thoracic aorta associated with dissection and rupture of the pulmonary artery. In both cases the initial dissection was hypothesized to occur in the thoracic aorta, with secondary dissection and rupture of the pulmonary artery.
Department of Forensic Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. Electronic address: soraer@gmail.com.
Sorin
S
Hostiuc
Department of Forensic Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Dan
D
Dermengiu
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai
M
Ceauşu
Department of Forensic Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Corneliu Octavian
CO
Capatina
Department of Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Lacramioara
L
Luca
Department of Internal Medicine, Floreasca Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela
M
Hostiuc
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000473:pathology; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000473:pathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology
Cystic medial necrosis; Dissection of the aorta; Dissection of the pulmonary artery