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. 2023 Jul 31;38(4):e540.
doi: 10.5001/omj.2023.100. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Elderly Man with Acute Chest Pain

Ewe Jin Koh  1 , Ming Lee Chin  2
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Elderly Man with Acute Chest Pain

Ewe Jin Koh et al. Oman Med J. .
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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram at presentation.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Chest radiograph at presentation.
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Figure 3
CT aortogram showing dilated aortic arch and aortic knuckle with an irregular wall, indicating an aortic arch aneurysm (asterisk). Hematoma surrounds the wall of the aneurysm (arrow).
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Figure 4
Dilated aortic knuckle on chest radiograph on initial presentation (asterisk).
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