Lesão de aorta simulando doença pulmonar: relato de caso

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.

Neurological symptoms in a case of acute aortic dissection

“…The evaluation of the aorta by imaging methods has been the subject of a series of recent publications in the Brazilian radiology literature ( 2 - 4 ) . In the case presented here, neurological findings were associated with aortic dissection, and the MRI findings were consistent with the diagnosis of spinal cord infarction with ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery.…”