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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715468
A Surprising Cause of Contained Aortic Rupture: Perforation from a Lumbar Osteophyte
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Abstract
We describe a patient with contained aortic rupture due to perforation from a protruding lumbar osteophyte, who was treated by open surgery. This case underlines that less common aortic pathologies are possible, which require a high suspicion index to be diagnosed.
Publikationsverlauf
Eingereicht: 24. Januar 2020
Angenommen: 20. Juni 2020
Artikel online veröffentlicht:
24. März 2021
© 2021. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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