What is it about?
A case in which an aneurysm was discovered some 30 years after a motor vehicle accident caused it. Caught in the nick of time, it was operated on with great success.
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Why is it important?
Trauma can often have lasting, occult effects, especially from an era where full-body CT scans were not readily available. This case illustrates the importance of ensuring doctors take a thorough and complete history as it might just give you the clue you need to arrive at the correct diagnosis!
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This page is a summary of: Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma, Case Reports in Surgery, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2015/470917.
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