Interrupted Thoracic Aorta in an Octogenarian

Type B interrupted aorta in an adult patient.

INTRODUCTION Interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital malformation characterized by a complete loss of luminal continuity between the ascending and descending aorta. It is often diagnosed during the neonatal period. CASE PRESENTATION We presented a 51-year-old male patient with interrupted aortic arch type B who was treated successfully with posterolateral thoracotomy without using cardio...

Interrupted aorta in mosaic Turner syndrome.

A 28 year-old female with a four year history of primary infertility, oligomenorrhoea and menorrhagia presented to the sub-fertility clinic at our institution for further investigations. Her short stature (141 cm) and obesity (73 kg; body mass index 36.7 kg/m) prompted karyotype testing which confirmed mosaic Turner syndrome. Otherwise, she had had poorly controlled hypertension for many years ...

Thoracic Aorta

Chronic hyperinsulinemia is suspected of enhancing the development of arterial diseases. However, direct metabolic effects of insulin on the inner arterial wall are poorly documented. To assess the possible influence of variations in smooth muscle phenotype, we measured lipogenesis from glucose by rat thoracic aortas that had been injured with a balloon catheter. Aortas were exposed to insulin ...

Aneurysm of Thoracic Aorta

Hemoptysis as a Rare Presentation of Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm

Hemoptysis is the rarest presentation of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA).This critical condition is one of the life-threatening medical emergencies. Even with prompt approaches, TAA can have highly terrible outcomes.   Although TAA is an almost asymptomatic condition that is accidentally discovered, imaging with contrast is the most useful modality to diagnosis it.