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(Chest. 1969;56:456-458.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

A Useful Roentgen Sign In Dissecting Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta

Hadi Dizadji M.D.1; Carlos V. Tan M.D.2; Dorothy F. Cooney M.D.3; and George F. O'Brien M.D.4

1 Medical Director, Cardiac Cane Unit
2 Senior Resitlent, Department of Medicine
3 Chairman, Department of Radiology
4 Chairman, Department of Medicine

A case of dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is presented. Leakage from the aorta formed an extra-pleural hematoma. This hematoma appeared as a round mass with a well-delineated border on chest x-ray examination. The value of this X-ray finding in the diagnosis of dissecting thoracic aorta is emphasized.






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