Chronic traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysm: resolution with observation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Immediate operative repair is the most commonly recommended treatment for traumatic aortic ruptures, regardless of age or size of the lesion. We report a patient who presented with a large chronic aortic pseudoaneurysm and has been thus far managed nonoperatively with shrinkage of his lesion and no symptoms.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aortic Rupture