Images in Clinical Medicine

Traumatic Laceration of the Aorta

Frederick B. Rogers, M.D.

N Engl J Med 2004; 351:1239September 16, 2004

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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

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