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KMID : 0383819900370020221
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1990 Volume.37 No. 2 p.221 ~ p.223
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Kinked Descending part of the Thoracic Aorta
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이광재/Kwang Jae Lee
김형중/김성규/이원영/김상진/Hyung Jung Kim/Sung Kyu Kim/Won Young Lee/Sang Jin Kim
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Abstract
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It is well known that elongation of the aorta is associated with persistent hypertension
and atherosclerosis. The elongated aorta usually produces widening of the aortic arch
and less commonly, elongated descending aorta may swing from the left to the right
side across the spine and return to the left lower down. This abnormal sinuous,
distortion may eventually lead to kinking of the descending aorta. Because it is a benign
anomaly which is usually asymtomatic and needs no treatment, its recognition is
practically important in ordeal to avoid misdiagnosis of mediastinal mass, aortic
aneurysm or intra-pulmonary mass.
We presented a case of kinked descending part of the thoracic aorta simulating
intrathoracic tumour with review of the literature.
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