Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking lung malignancy.
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Extra-pulmonary diseases may mimic pulmonary lesions on chest radiography. We report a case of a silent rupture of an atherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysm with peripheral thrombus formation, that closely mimicked a complicated lung malignancy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences
دوره 55 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013