Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor

Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor

Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be h...

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Main Authors: Feng Lin, Chang-Chih Chen, Yu-Jang Su, Yen-Chun Lai, Wen-Han Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2010-06-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
aortic aneurysm
stridor
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700302
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spelling doaj-e0b361652d17401b87ce23debcfb35242020-11-25T00:05:30ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982010-06-0142969810.1016/S1873-9598(10)70030-2Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a StridorFeng Lin0Chang-Chih Chen1Yu-Jang Su2Yen-Chun Lai3Wen-Han Chang4Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanStridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be heard without a stethoscope. We found a huge mass over the left upper chest on chest radiography, suggesting an aortic aneurysm. We believed that these symptoms were caused by a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm with trachea/bronchi compression. Chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700302aortic aneurysmstridor
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author Feng Lin
Chang-Chih Chen
Yu-Jang Su
Yen-Chun Lai
Wen-Han Chang
spellingShingle Feng Lin
Chang-Chih Chen
Yu-Jang Su
Yen-Chun Lai
Wen-Han Chang
Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
International Journal of Gerontology
aortic aneurysm
stridor
author_facet Feng Lin
Chang-Chih Chen
Yu-Jang Su
Yen-Chun Lai
Wen-Han Chang
author_sort Feng Lin
title Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
title_short Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
title_full Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
title_fullStr Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
title_full_unstemmed Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
title_sort ruptured aortic aneurysm presenting as a stridor
publisher Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
series International Journal of Gerontology
issn 1873-9598
publishDate 2010-06-01
description Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be heard without a stethoscope. We found a huge mass over the left upper chest on chest radiography, suggesting an aortic aneurysm. We believed that these symptoms were caused by a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm with trachea/bronchi compression. Chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis.
topic aortic aneurysm
stridor
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700302
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