Impaled aorta: a rare case of aortic perforation with a vertebral outgrowth.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.089.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aneurysm, Infected
- Aneurysm, Ruptured
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Spinal Osteophytosis