Journals / Ulusal Travma Dergisi / 2004 / Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1

Traumatic aortic rupture: A case report

Travmatik aort yırtığı: Olgu sunumu

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This case emphasizes the need for a high index of clinical suspicion in timely diagnosis and prompt treatment of traumatic aortic ruptures.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aortic injuries can easily be missed in polytraumatized patients due to either associated injuries or vagueness of physical examination findings.
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Key Findings & Data:We present a 34-year-old male patient who only had a complaint of back pain following a traffic accident.
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Conclusion & Impact:This case emphasizes the need for a high index of clinical suspicion in timely diagnosis and prompt treatment of traumatic aortic ruptures.
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⚙️Variables:Aortografi · Aort yırtılması · Aort

Abstract

Aortic injuries can easily be missed in polytraumatized patients due to either associated injuries or vagueness of physical examination findings. Especially in young adults without associated injuries, relatively low atherosclerotic changes may limit the dissection of traumatic descending aortic injuries. We present a 34-year-old male patient who only had a complaint of back pain following a traffic accident. Upon detection of no abnormalities on plain X-ray films, he was discharged home with analgesics. One week later, he presented with dypsnea and dysphagia. Aortography showed rupture of the aorta and a pseudoaneurysm near the isthmus. Following surgical excision of the pseudoaneurysm and aortic repair with a Dacron graft interposition he was discharged with complete relief of symptoms. This case emphasizes the need for a high index of clinical suspicion in timely diagnosis and prompt treatment of traumatic aortic ruptures.

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Multipl travmalı hastalarda aort yaralanması hem eşlik eden yaralanmalar hem de fizik muayene bulgularının silikliği nedeniyle kolayca atlanabilir. Ayrıca, özellikle eşlik eden yaralanmaların olmadığı genç erişkinlerde, nispeten düşük düzeyli aterosklerotik değişiklikler, travmatik desendan aortik yaralanmanın diseksiyonunu sınırlayabilir. Bu yazıda, trafik kazası geçiren 34 yaşında bir erkek hasta sunuldu. Hastanın sadece sırt ağrısı şikayeti vardı. Düz göğüs filmlerinde herhangi bir anormalliğe rastlanmaması üzerine analjezik verilerek taburcu edilen hasta, bir hafta sonra dispne ve disfaji şikayetleriyle tekrar başvurdu. Aortografide, aort yırtığı ve istmus yakınında yalancı anevrizma görüldü. Yalancı anevrizmanın cerrahi eksizyonundan ve aort yırtığının Dakron greft ile interpozisyonundan sonra hastanın şikayetleri tümüyle kayboldu. Yazıda travmatik aort yırtıklarının gecikmeden tanınması ve tedavisinde yüksek klinik şüphenin önemi vurgulandı.

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AKKÖSE, Ş., BULUT, M., ÇIKRIKLAR, H. İ., ARMAĞAN, E., ATEŞ, M. (2004). Traumatic aortic rupture: A case report. Ulusal Travma Dergisi, Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1, 57–59. https://ajindex.com/articles/324938

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