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. 2016 Apr 1;4(1):35-41.
doi: 10.1515/jtim-2016-0008. Epub 2016 Apr 14.

Aortic aneurysm

Atul Mathur  1 , Varun Mohan  1 , Deepak Ameta  1 , Bhardwaj Gaurav  1 , Pradeep Haranahalli  1
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Aortic aneurysm

Atul Mathur et al. J Transl Int Med. .
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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Figure. 1
Different possible sites of rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. 1: Anterolateral free rupture in the abdominal cavity. 2: Retroperitoneal rupture. 3: Rupture of retroperitoneal sac. 4: Rupture into the duodenum. 5: Rupture into the inferior vena cava.
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