Traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta simulating bronchogenic neoplasms
Stulz, P.; Perruchoud, A.; Hasse, J.; Grädel, E.
Archives of Internal Medicine 143(1): 174-175
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9926 PMID: 6849598 Document Number: 220103
A 70-year-old man was examined in 1977 because of hoarseness and a central opacification in the left hilus. At that time, the diagnosis of a central bronchogenic carcinoma was made based on roentgenographic findings. The patient's condition was reevaluated five years later, when an examination disclosed a chronic posttraumatic aortic aneurysm. Despite severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the patient was successfully operated on.