Painless Aortic Transection Discharged from the Emergency Department After Blunt Thoracic Trauma

ÖZAKIN, ENGİN; ACAR, NURDAN; Cevik, Arif; Ocelik, Hamit; Zeytin, Ahmet; Kaya, Seyhmus

doi:10.5505/jaemcr.2012.74936

Painless Aortic Transection Discharged from the Emergency Department After Blunt Thoracic Trauma

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ÖZAKIN E., ACAR N., Cevik A. A., Ocelik H., Zeytin A., Kaya S.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS, cilt.3, sa.3, ss.96-98, 2012 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.5505/jaemcr.2012.74936
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.96-98
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aortic injuries which result from blunt thoracic trauma can be overlooked because of the lack of clear clinical findings. In this article,, aortic transection detection with thorax computerized tomography (CT) in a drunk, 35 year old patient with no complaints or findings who was brought to the emergency department (ED) as a result of high energy trauma is presented.