Gates J D, Clair D G, Hechtman D H
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
J Trauma. 1994 Mar;36(3):430-2. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199403000-00033.
Blunt thoracic aortic injury most often occurs beyond the left subclavian artery with subsequent transection and exsanguination. We present a case of an unrestrained driver involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash who had a traumatic mid-thoracic aortic dissection involving the orifices of both renal arteries, resulting in anuria. This diagnosis should be considered in the presence of anuria following chest trauma.
