Traumatic rupture of the aortic isthmus in a child, revealed by paraplegia
Guibert, L.; Frémond, B.; Bourdelat, D.; Bracq, H.; Leguerrier, A.; Guillou, L.; Dormoy, D.; Malledant, Y.
Chirurgie Pediatrique 26(1): 46-47
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0180-5738 PMID: 3995676 Document Number: 251453
After a severe polytraumatism, a 14 year-old boy presents paraplegia without vertebral lesion. Angiocardiography showed rupture of aortic isthmus. Surgical treatment resulted in successful outcome. The authors insist on the rarity of traumatic rupture of aorta in children and or the particularity of the diagnosis revealed by paraplegia.