Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor
Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be h...
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| author | Feng Lin Chang-Chih Chen Yu-Jang Su Yen-Chun Lai Wen-Han Chang |
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| description | Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be heard without a stethoscope. We found a huge mass over the left upper chest on chest radiography, suggesting an aortic aneurysm. We believed that these symptoms were caused by a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm with trachea/bronchi compression. Chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0b361652d17401b87ce23debcfb35242022-12-22T00:02:24ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982010-06-0142969810.1016/S1873-9598(10)70030-2Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a StridorFeng Lin0Chang-Chih Chen1Yu-Jang Su2Yen-Chun Lai3Wen-Han Chang4Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanStridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be heard without a stethoscope. We found a huge mass over the left upper chest on chest radiography, suggesting an aortic aneurysm. We believed that these symptoms were caused by a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm with trachea/bronchi compression. Chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700302aortic aneurysmstridor |
| spellingShingle | Feng Lin Chang-Chih Chen Yu-Jang Su Yen-Chun Lai Wen-Han Chang Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor International Journal of Gerontology aortic aneurysm stridor |
| title | Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor |
| title_full | Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor |
| title_fullStr | Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor |
| title_short | Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor |
| title_sort | ruptured aortic aneurysm presenting as a stridor |
| topic | aortic aneurysm stridor |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700302 |
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