[Left hemothorax, a complication of a dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta]
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T Langin1, P E Kelkel, D Villemot
1Service de Pneumologie, CH de Chambéry.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A woman of 93 was admitted to hospital with a left pleural effusion. The presence of an unrecognised aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta, lying posteriorly, led to an inadvertent puncture of the aorta. The diagnosis of a haemothorax due to dissection of the aneurysm was supported by echocardiography, and confirmed by angio-scanning.