Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Case contributed by David Cuete , 9 Apr 2013
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 23 Sep 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Presentation was changed:
Aortic alteration discovered incidentally on chest radiograph.
Race changed from Hispanic/Latino to .
Body was changed:

These findings are consistent with a thoracic aortic aneurymsaneurysm  withwith no evidence of complications

Like in this case, one of the challenges of a thoracic aneurysm with thrombrusthrombus is distinguished from a dissection with a thrombosed lumen. Intimal calcifications may be helpful in dissecting since these are displaced by the false lumen.

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Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Unenhanced CT of the aorta shows thick irregular parietal atherosclerotic plaques. The angiographic phase displays an extensive sacularsaccular dilatation of the descending aorta  withwith thick mural thrombus of semilunar shape. WlightSlight displacement of the left tracheobronchial tree. No evidence of rupture or aortic dissection. The spleen shows multiple puntiformpunctiform calcifications. Liver. pancreas, kidneys and adrenal glands within normal limits

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