Type A aortic interruption in a 22 years old male

Year 2015, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 1 - 2, 01.08.2015

Olgar Bayserke Yavuz Besogul

Abstract

The aortic interruption is a rare congenital malformation. It is defined as a loss of luminal contiunity between the ascending and descending portion of aorta. This entity was reported 3 per million in live births in the literacy and highly fatal if left untreated. We presented type A aortic interruption in a hypertensive, symptomatic 22 years old man.

Keywords

aortic interruption, congenital, malformation, CT angiography

22 yaşında erkek hastada Tip A aort interüpsiyonu

Abstract

Aortik interüpsiyon nadir rastlanan bir konjenital malformasyondur. Asendan ve desendan aorta arasındaki luminal devamlılığın yokluğu olarak tariflenir. Literatürde üç milyon canlı doğumda bir bildirilmiştir ve tedavi edilmezse oldukça ölümcüldür. Burada 22 yaşında hipertansif semptomatik erkek hastada tip a aortik interüpsiyon olgumuzu sunduk.

Keywords

aortik interruption, konjenital, malformasyon, BT anjiografi

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