title: The Migration of Air into the Aorta from a Pneumothorax in a Patient with a Penetrating Injury of the Aorta.
abstract: A tree fell on the back of a 77-year-old male. A postmortem computed tomographic pan scan revealed systemic air embolism, multiple rib fractures with a penetrating injury to the aorta, pneumohemothorax, and air in the aorta. A massive amount of air entered the site of a penetrating injury of the aorta. This unique case adds one more cause to the list of documented etiologies of air in the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nerima Hospital, Juntendo University, Nerima ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jitsuiki
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohsaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nerima Hospital, Juntendo University, Nerima ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugita
keywords: Penetrating injury of aorta; Pneumothorax; Rib fracture