Kimmerling E A, Smith J K, Tenholder M F
Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Ga.
South Med J. 1993 Oct;86(10):1160-3. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199310000-00017.
We have described the case of a 65-year-old man who had a right hemothorax from rupture of an aneurysm of the ascending thoracic aorta and survived. This type of subacute presentation with survival of the patient has not been documented previously in contemporary medical literature.