Aortic lesion simulating pulmonary disease: a case report

Radiologia brasileira
Ricardo Holderbaum do AmaralAntonio Carlos Maciel

Abstract

The authors report the case of an elderly woman assessed for dyspnea and right costal margin pain, whose chest radiography demonstrated opacity simulating pulmonary lesion, and computed tomography revealed the vascular origin of the condition. Acute aortic syndrome due to ruptured atheromatous plaque penetrating through the elastic lamina in association with aortic hematoma and aneurysm is a relevant differential diagnosis to be considered in these cases.

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