SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE DESCENDING AORTA THROUGH ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
SHIMANUKI T ORITA H ABE K IJIMA Y NAKAMURA C WASHIO M
Citation
T. Shimanuki et al., SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE DESCENDING AORTA THROUGH ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 24(9), 1994, pp. 837-839
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
24
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
837 - 839
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1994)24:9<837:SROTDA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic descending aorta is rare, and unif ormly fatal without surgery. We report herein the case of a man in who m such a rupture was successfully treated with emergency surgery. We b elieve that the rupture in this patient was most likely associated wit h perforation through an atherosclerotic plaque of the descending aort a and was induced by sudden hypertension.