Leaking thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm presenting with a massive left haemothorax: a clinical trap.

نویسندگان

  • S P Huddy
  • W P Joyce
  • J R Pepper
چکیده

A case is described in which a patient, who had had an aortic aneurysm repair 10 years previously, presented with a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm which ruptured immediately above the previous graft. The implications for the management of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 66 774  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990