Collapsed left lung due to chronic traumatic false aneurysm of the aortic arch
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: 1. IntroductionA 60 year old woman was admitted to hospital with new onsetdyspnoea. Her admission chest X-ray showed a collapsedleft lung.The initialworkingdiagnosiswaslungcancerandsheunderwentabronchoscopy. This showed that the collapse was due to extrinsiccompression of the left main bronchus. A subsequent CT scanshowed a false aneurysm of the aortic isthmus (see Fig. 1).5 years previously she had been involved in a road trafficcollision whenshecrashedherscooterintothebackofastationaryvehicle. She sustained several fractured ribs and underwentlaparotomy for repair of a mesenteric tear. Post-operative chestX-raysdid notsuggest any mediastinalpathology and the left lungwasfullyexpanded.OnlyaCTscanoftheneckhadbeendoneatthetimeof injuryand althoughthis showedpre-vertebralhaematomaof more than 1 cm diameter in the AP direction, the CT scan field
Source: Injury Extra
Authors: Umberto Pisano, Keith Buchan
Institution: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2012280687