Traumatic Laceration of the Aorta
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A 37-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle collision. On examination in the emergency department, the patient was hemodynamically stable but had a steering-wheel imprint on the anterior chest wall. A computed tomographic scan of the chest showed a ruptured thoracic aorta just distal to the ligamentum arteriosum (Panel A, cross-sectional view, arrow; Panel B, sagittal view, arrow). The patient underwent emergency repair of his injury and replacement of the injured aorta with a prosthetic graft. He recovered uneventfully and was discharged eight days after surgery.
Frederick B. Rogers, M.D.
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05401
Frederick B. Rogers, M.D.
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05401