Iatrogenic aortic intramural hematoma

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam , 19 Jul 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Tee Yu Jin, 12 Mar 2020

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

CT guided biopsy was conducted which resultresults in an iatrogenic aortic intramural hematoma, which is evident by the presence of circumferential hyper-density of the aortic root and arch on none contrasted study. This can be easily missed on CECT study.

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Image CT (non-contrast) ( update )

Description was removed:
Aortic intramural hematoma- C+

Image CT (C+ arterial phase) ( update )

Description was removed:
Aortic intramural hematoma

Updates to Case Attributes

Gender was set to Male.

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