Ruptured type B aortic dissection presenting with right hemothorax
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Chest Imaging - Case Report 2016
P: 6-8
March 2008

Ruptured type B aortic dissection presenting with right hemothorax

Diagn Interv Radiol 2008;14(1):6-8
1. From the Departments of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3. From the Departments of Vascular Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
4. Department of Radiology Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Received Date: 13.12.2006
Accepted Date: 10.06.2007
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ABSTRACT

We report a patient with type B aortic dissection which ruptured into the right hemithorax to call attention to this infrequent presentation and to accentuate the value of computed tomography angiography (CTA) with multiplanar reformatting in localizing the dissection and demonstrating the rupture site. CTA in combination with 2- and 3-dimensional reformatting is crucial for surgical planning because of the low specificity of transesophageal echocardiography in the ascending aorta.