Rupture of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Behcet’s Disease Nobuhiro Umehara, MD, Satoshi Saito, MD, Hikaru Ishii, MD, Shigeyuki Aomi, MD, Hiromi Kurosawa, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 84, Issue 4, Pages 1394-1396 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.110 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Two-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) scan showing the abdominal aorta and large hematoma with positive mantle sign. (B) Two-dimensional CT scan showing the abdominal aorta and hematoma in the retroperitoneum. (C) Three-dimensional CT scan showing multiple small thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1394-1396DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.110) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 An arrow shows the defect of the abdominal aorta at the level of (A) the renal artery. (B) An abdominal aorta was replaced with abdominal allograft and major branches of it were reconstructed with the interposition of the allograft branches. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1394-1396DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.110) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions