Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Spontaneous rupture of the descending aorta through atherosclerotic plaque: Report of a case

  • Case Reports
  • Published:
Surgery Today Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic descending aorta is rare, and uniformly fatal without surgery. We report herein the case of a man in whom such a rupture was successfully treated with emergency surgery. We believe that the rupture in this patient was most likely associated with perforation through an atherosclerotic plaque of the descending aorta and was induced by sudden hypertension.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Rodriguez HF, Rivera E (1961) Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic aorta through an atheromatous plaque. Ann Intern Med 54:307–313

    Google Scholar 

  2. Castleman B, McNeely BU (1970) Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: case 43-1970. N Engl J Med 283:862–870

    Google Scholar 

  3. Smith DC, Hirst AE (1979) Spontaneous aortic rupture associated with chronic steroid therapy for rheumatoid arthritis in two cases. Am J Roentgenol 132:271–273

    Google Scholar 

  4. Yasuda K, Sakuma M, Minatoya Y, Tanabe T, Matsuura M, Yokota A (1989) Spontaneous rupture of the thoracic aorta (in Japanese with English abstract). Nippon Kyoubugeka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Assoc Thorac Surg) 37:1554–1557

    Google Scholar 

  5. Widder DJ, Novelline RA, Derkac WM (1983) Spontaneous nontraumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 86:626–628

    Google Scholar 

  6. Murray CA, Edwards JE (1973) Spontaneous laceration of ascending aorta. Circulation 47:848–858

    Google Scholar 

  7. Inoue T, Kawada S, Kokaji K, Kudo M, Misumi T (1992) Clinical studies of “closing aortic dissection” (in Japanese with English abstract). Nippon Shinzou Kekkan Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Jpn J Cardiovasc Surg) 21:133–140

    Google Scholar 

  8. Roberts WC (1981) Aortic dissection: Anatomy, consequences, and causes. Am Heart J 101:195–214

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2 Iida-nishi 2-chome, 990-23, Yamagata-city, Yamagata, Japan

    Takao Shimanuki, Hiroyuki Orita, Kazuo Abe, Yoshiyuki Iijima, Chiharu Nakamura & Masahiko Washio

Authors
  1. Takao Shimanuki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hiroyuki Orita
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kazuo Abe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yoshiyuki Iijima
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Chiharu Nakamura
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Masahiko Washio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Shimanuki, T., Orita, H., Abe, K. et al. Spontaneous rupture of the descending aorta through atherosclerotic plaque: Report of a case. Surg Today 24, 837–839 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636318

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636318

Key Words

Search

Navigation