Huge Non-ruptured True Saccular Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta
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Case Report

Huge Non-ruptured True Saccular Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta

Gazi Med J 2012;23(4):151-153 DOI: 10.5152/gmj.2012.35
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Abstract

Aortic aneurysm (AA), a disease characterized by dilatation of a II aortic segments, causes fatal cardiovascular complications. Aortic aneurysms are usually related to hypertension or atherosclerosis. Generally, an AA is fusiform shaped, while the saccular type of AA is very rare. The risk of rupture and dissection in AA dramatically rises with increasing diameter. Risk of rupture is particularly higher in the female gender, Marfan syndrome and the presence of additional vascular involvement. In this case report, an asymptomatic, huge, non-ruptured, true saccular AA of an elderly female patient was presented. (Gazi Med J 2012; 23:151-3)

Keywords: Aortic aneurysm, ascendant aorta, saccular, computed tomography, aortography