title: [Traumatic type A dissection with acute pericarditis 6 weeks after blunt trauma; report of a case].
abstract: A 38-year-old man presented with typical symptom of acute pericarditis and chronic cardiac tamponade 6 weeks after blunt trauma. Follow-up computed tomography after 2 weeks revealed a localized dissection at the proximal part of the ascending aorta. This is a rare case of chronic Stanford type A aortic dissection after blunt trauma, a diagnosis of which was established later with consistent suspicion and repeated examination by computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaya
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Seijiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takii
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*