Palpable thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm through the chest wall: A late and ominous presentation

Thoracoabdominal/thoracic aortic aneurysm is often diagnosed incidentally while evaluating for dyspnea or atypical chest pain of long duration. Late presentation in various forms such as palpable pulsatile swelling in this patient is quite rare and fatal and foreruns impending rupture. We present a...

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Main Authors: Harishankar Ramachandran Nair, Shivanesan Pitchai, Sreekumar Ramachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=286;epage=288;aulast=Nair