Healed Dissecting Aneurysm of the Aorta Er -

Healed Dissecting Aneurysm of the Aorta Er - roneously Diagnosed

T WO UNUSUAL features have prompted us to report the following case of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta. The x-ray shadow of the aneurysm was interpreted as due to a paramediastinal effusion in a patient with known pulmonary tuberculosis. An attempted aspiration led to perforation through the dissection into the lumen of the aorta which resulted in a fatal cardiac tamponade. At necropsy the aor...

Healed dissecting aneurysm in cystic medial necrosis of the aorta.

DISSECTING aneurysm of the aorta has long been recognized as a disease entity, and is ordinarily regarded as a rapidly fatal condition. A certain proportion of dissecting aneurysms redissect into the lumen of the aorta, forming the so-called "double-barreled" aorta. Occasional cases of dissecting aneurysm have survived for a considerable period after the acute episode, many of them being of the...

DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF AORTA Mitral valve

T WO UNUSUAL features have prompted us to report the following case of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta. The x-ray shadow of the aneurysm was interpreted as due to a paramediastinal effusion in a patient with known pulmonary tuberculosis. An attempted aspiration led to perforation through the dissection into the lumen of the aorta which resulted in a fatal cardiac tamponade. At necropsy the aor...

Healed dissecting aneurysm.

Silent Dissection of the Aorta.

Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta has been known as a pathological entity for over a century (Maunoir, 1802); it was first diagnosed during life by Swaine (1856), and a full account of its clinical and pathological features was given by Peacock in 1863. Even so, until recently only thirteen accurate ante-mortem diagnoses had been reported (Glendy et al., 1937). Failure to diagnose the condition ...