Kondo N, Koyama M, Wakayama F, Ji K, Ichinoseki I, Fukuda I. Surgical repair for chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm after 12-year follow-up.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004;
52:586-8. [PMID:
15651408 DOI:
10.1007/s11748-004-0030-2]
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Abstract
A 39-year-old man underwent surgical repair of chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm after 12-year follow-up at our hospital. Eighteen years prior to surgery, he had been involved in a traffic accident, suffering a left hemopneumothorax. Chronic traumatic thoracic aneurysm is extremely rare that few guidelines for surgical intervention exist for this disorder. However, it has been observed that all patients with new symptoms should be operated promptly, and that asymptomatic aneurysm detected over 2 years after the initial trauma can be monitored by careful follow-up pending symptomatic or radiologic change. The present case provides additional support for these strategies.
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