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[Ruptured proximal aorta after operation for type A dissection presenting as opacified left hemothorax; report of a
Jiro Honda1, S Yamamoto, H Wada
1Aortic Center, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
Abstract:
We report an unusual clinical presentation of ruptured proximal aorta as a left hemothorax after operation for type A dissection. A 74-year-old man who had undergone ascending aortic replacement for acute type A dissection 4 months previously developed a loss of consciousness followed by shock state. Both chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed opacified left hemothorax. The patient died during a diagnostic procedure. Post mortem examination showed rupture of proximal aortic dissection extended to the left pleural cavity path through the right atrial wall and the right ventricular wall.
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