Key result
Autopsy of a young woman who died on the seventh day of puerperium revealed hemothorax from a ruptured dissecting descending thoracic aortic aneurysm secondary to chronic aortitis.
Population
A young woman in early puerperium with a clinically undiagnosed descending thoracic aortic aneurysm…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to aortic dissection in peripartum collapse; leaves open need for prospective screening data.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the rare but catastrophic risk of spontaneous rupture of undiagnosed descending thoracic aortic aneurysms during the early postpartum period.
Monteiro et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Descending thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture (n=1). Pregnancy and early puerperium was evaluated on Death due to hemothorax. Autopsy of a young woman who died on the seventh day of puerperium revealed hemothorax from a ruptured dissecting descending thoracic aortic aneurysm secondary to chronic aortitis.
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