Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking lung malignancy.
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2013-04
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Abstract
Extra-pulmonary diseases may mimic pulmonary lesions on chest radiography. We report a case of a silent rupture
of an atherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysm with peripheral thrombus formation, that closely mimicked a complicated
lung malignancy.
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Aortic aneurysm, Leak, Lung cancer
Citation
Wijesinghe S N R, Yasaratne B M G D, Madegedara R M D. Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking lung malignancy. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2013 Apr; 55(2): 113-115.