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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan;117(1):72-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00113-012-2320-y.

[Traumatic aortic rupture and concomitant type B aortic dissection after skiing accident]

[Article in German]
D Jost  1 , T Schachner, C Czuprin, G Richter, T Hupp
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Case Reports

[Traumatic aortic rupture and concomitant type B aortic dissection after skiing accident]

[Article in German]
D Jost et al. Unfallchirurg. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

The occurrence of aortic dissections after deceleration trauma is commonplace but aortic injuries after blunt trauma are extremely rare complications. We report a case of an acute aortic rupture accompanied by a type B dissection after a skiing accident with blunt thoracic trauma and renal contusion. The leading symptom was the onset of hematuria 12 h later. The computed tomography (CT) angiography permitted the exact diagnosis and the patient was transferred for acute thoracic endovascular aortic repair. This regimen resulted in the patient achieving a stable condition and potentially harmful complications could be avoided.

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