AMINMANSOUR B, TABATABAI A. BULL ET-INDUCED FALSE ANEURYSM OF THORACIC AORTA WITH A TEN YEAR LATENCY PERIOD IN A VICTIM OF THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR: REPORT OF A CASE. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2000; 14 (1) :93-95
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From the Depts. of Neurosurgery and Thoracic Surgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract: (4109 Views)
Traumatic false aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is not uncommon. But accordingly
this case is unusual in its ten year delay between injury and presentation and
treatment.
A victim of the Iran-Iraq war is presented with a false aneurysm of the thoracic
aorta ten years after a bullet injury to the chest and thoracic spine. Penetrating chest
wounds, mechanisms of injury and diagnosis are also discussed in detail.
Type of Study:
case report |
Subject:
Neurosurgery