Endovascular treatment of a thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm after previous open repair.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The use of endovascular stents to treat descending thoracic aortic pathologies is emerging as a less invasive therapy to treat high-risk patients. This case report describes the presentation of a patient with a pulsatile mass on her back. The patient's computed tomographic scan revealed the mass to be an extension of a large psuedoaneurysm from the site of a previous repair of her thoracic aorta for a dissecting aneurysm several years earlier. The psuedoaneurysm was successfully treated with an endovascular stent and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day 5.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aortic Diseases
- Postoperative Complications
- Stents