A life-threatening spontaneous ascending aortic rupture due to a small penetrating aortic ulcer
We reported a rare case of spontaneous frank rupture of a small (4 mm) penetrating aortic ulcer in the ascending aorta resulted in catastrophic bleeding. The ulcer only created a pinhole wound in the adventitia without saccular aneurysms, intramural hematomas, or aortic dissections. Notably, the wou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-08-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211037784 |