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Acute traumatic injury of the distal descending aorta associated with thoracic spine injury

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A rare case of traumatic injury of the distal descending aorta associated with thoracic spine injury is reported. A 21-year-old man was admitted after a traffic accident. Thoracic CT and angiography demonstrated a false aneurysm of the distal descending aorta and a compression fracture of the eleventh thoracic vertebra. At emergency surgery, a transverse linear tear at the level of the aortic hiatus was confirmed and repaired.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206, Japan, JP

    R. Murakami, K. Ichikawa, Y. Kobayashi, K. Sugizaki & K. Yamamoto

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama, Tokyo 206, Japan, JP

    A. Kurokawa

  3. Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan, JP

    H. Tajima & T. Kumazaki

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  1. R. Murakami
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Received 30 October 1996; Revision received 3 March 1997; Accepted 26 March 1997

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Murakami, R., Tajima, H., Ichikawa, K. et al. Acute traumatic injury of the distal descending aorta associated with thoracic spine injury. Eur Radiol 8, 60–62 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050339

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