Traumatic aortic aneurysm: validity of esophageal tube displacement sign
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Aortic aneurysm and the split eggshell sign.
A 90-year-old woman presented to our emergency department due to gradually increasing dyspnea over the last 3 days. Her medical history was significant for well-controlled arterial hypertension and pernicious anemia. Physical examination demonstrated blood pressure of 125/64 mmHg, heart rate of 74 beats/minute, bilateral lung crepitations and holosystolic murmur at apex radiating to ax-illa. He...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.135.4.713