Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion
Aortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed wit...
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| description | Aortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with pericardial effusion upon preoperative workup for elective cholecystectomy. Further investigations confirmed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion secondary to a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. The patient condition was successfully managed with open surgical repair with an uneventful postoperative course. This case demonstrates an extremely rare presentation of incidental hemorrhagic pericardial effusion caused by a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e86c1e372c604b1c8e3fe76db1a63d052025-08-20T03:21:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122019-01-01201910.1155/2019/35628713562871Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial EffusionAshraf Abugroun0Ahmed Subahi1Safwan Gaznabi2Hussein Daoud3Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USAAortic dissection is the most devastating sequelae of aortopathy other than aortic rupture. However, aortic dissection can be asymptomatic in the acute phase with delayed symptomatic presentation or incidental diagnosis upon chest imaging. We report a case of a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with pericardial effusion upon preoperative workup for elective cholecystectomy. Further investigations confirmed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion secondary to a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm. The patient condition was successfully managed with open surgical repair with an uneventful postoperative course. This case demonstrates an extremely rare presentation of incidental hemorrhagic pericardial effusion caused by a chronic dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3562871 |
| spellingShingle | Ashraf Abugroun Ahmed Subahi Safwan Gaznabi Hussein Daoud Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
| title_full | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
| title_fullStr | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
| title_short | Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection: Rare Presentation of Incidental Pericardial Effusion |
| title_sort | chronic type a aortic dissection rare presentation of incidental pericardial effusion |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3562871 |
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