XXS patient with an XXL aorta

Abstract

An 85-year-old woman with small body size was referred to our cardiology clinic due to a longstanding nonspecific abdominal pain. A routine transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a massive ascending aorta aneurysm. A chest CT demonstrated a huge aneurysm of thoracic and abdominal aorta.

Keywords

• Aortic aneurysm,Computed Tomography,transthoracic echocardiography

Dev Aortik Anevrizma

Abstract

Küçük vücut ölçülerine sahip 85 yaşında bayan hasta uzun süredir olan nonspesifik karın ağrısı şikayeti ile kardiyoloji polikliniğine başvurdu. Rutin yapılan transtorasik ekokardiyografisinde masif büyüklükte bir asendan aort anevrizması tespit edildi. Torakal Aort BT Anjiografide anevrizmanın toraks ve abdominal aort yerleşimli olduğu izlendi.

Keywords

• aortik anevrizma,bilgisayarlı tomografi,transtorasik ekokardiyografi

References

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