Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking lung malignancy.

Wijesinghe, S N R; Yasaratne, B M G D; Madegedara, R M D

Wijesinghe, S N R; Yasaratne, B M G D; Madegedara, R M D.

Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-147350

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Extra-pulmonary diseases may mimic pulmonary lesions on chest radiography. We report a case of a silent rupture of an atherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysm with peripheral thrombus formation, that closely mimicked a complicated lung malignancy.

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Aortic Aneurysm/diagnosis; Aortic Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging; Aortic Rupture/diagnosis; Aortic Rupture/diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Radiography, Thoracic; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Aortic aneurysm; Leak; Lung cancer

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Aortic Aneurysm / Aortic Rupture / Humans / Male / Radiography, Thoracic / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Diagnosis, Differential / Lung Neoplasms / Middle Aged Type of study: Diagnostic study Language: English Year: 2013 Type: Article

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