Cardiovocal Syndrome Secondary to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: An Old Sign Revisited

Ortner syndrome secondary to aortic aneurysm

Ortner syndrome refers to vocal cord paralysis resulting from compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by abnormal mediastinal vascular structures. We report a case of Ortner syndrome in a 75-year-old male secondary to aortic arch aneurysm.

A Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm: an old Friend Revisited

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Janeway lesions: an old sign revisited.

A 20-year-old man presented with intermittent, high grade fever of 2 weeks’ duration and progressively worsening shortness of breath for the same period. On examination, he had tachycardia and pulsus bisferiens. In addition, he had multiple nontender, macular spots of varying sizes over hands and feet for the past 4 to 5 days (Figure 1A and 1B). His echocardiogram revealed severe aortic regurgi...

Treatment of a rapidly expanding thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm after endovascular repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in an old patient

BACKGROUND Aortic pathology progression and/or procedure related complications following endovascular repair should always be considered mostly in older patients. We herein describe a hybrid procedure for treatment of rapidly expanding thoracoabdominal aneurysm following endovascular treatment of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in an older patient. CASE PRESENTATION A 82-year-old man at...