Impaled aorta: a rare case of aortic perforation with a vertebral outgrowth.

Afifi, Rana O; Sandhu, Harleen K; Fraser, Charles D; Estrera, Anthony L · Ann Thorac Surg · 2015

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe an unusual case of aortic perforation by a vertebral osteophyte, complicated by a mycotic pseudoaneurysm, in a patient who underwent successful repair. To our knowledge, no similar case has been reported previously.

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