Takayama Hiroo, Morota Tetsuro, Motomura Noboru, Ono Minoru, Kotsuka Yutaka, Takamoto Shinichi
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jan;51(1):32-3. doi: 10.1007/s11748-003-0064-x.
We report a case of ruptured aortic aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. This aneurysm was fusiform and only 4.0 cm in maximum diameter. Emergency total aortic arch replacement was successful. Rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm of this shape and size is possible but extremely rare.
