Penetrating nail‐gun injury of the thoracic descending aorta
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Penetrating stab injury of the thoracic aorta.
A36-year-old male psychiatric nurse was stabbed in the back with a knife by a patient suffering from acute psychosis. After initial treatment in an outside hospital, he was transferred in stable cardiopulmonary condition to our department because a lung injury was suspected (Figure 1). Computed tomography performed while the knife was still in place showed that the blade had penetrated the prox...
متن کاملConcomitant acute myocardial infarction and descending thoracic aorta penetrating ulcer
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to a spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from unstable angina to non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Aortic dissection, intramural hematoma and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) are three major acute aortic syndromes (AAS). ACS and AAS are different disease entities with ...
متن کامل[Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer of the descending aorta].
122 A sixty-one-year-old man with a history of arterial hypertension went to the emergency room secondary to intense interscapular pain, suggestive of dissection. Physical examination revealed diaphoresis, a systolic arterial pressure of 165 mm Hg, and symmetric peripheral pulses. Electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed a sinus rhythm with signs of left ventricular hypertrophy. Thoracic computerized t...
متن کاملTuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta.
Tuberculous mycotic aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with a high mortality rate.(1-5) Its prevalent location is the descending thoracic aorta in the patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Most of these aneurysms have been of the pseudoaneurysm type. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with tuberculous pseudoaneurym of the descending aorta that was initially mistaken for a lung lesion an...
متن کاملAggressive progression of penetrating atheromatous ulcer of the descending thoracic aorta.
The treatment of acute aortic pathologies continues to evolve with enhanced imaging capabilities. This case report highlights the rapid progression of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer to pseudoaneurysm development and subsequent treatment with thoracic endovascular stent graft.
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acute Medicine & Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2052-8817,2052-8817
DOI: 10.1002/ams2.530