Key result
Unruptured aortic aneurysm with cystic medial necrosis causes fatal acute pulmonary edema in young adult.
Why the study?
Cystic necrosis of the aortic media causing dissecting aneurysm and spontaneous rupture is rare, especially with aneurysmal dilatation of the unruptured aorta.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report documents a rare presentation of cystic medial necrosis of the aorta associated with aneurysmal dilatation of an unruptured aorta.
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A 1941 study conducted a case report in Idiopathic cystic medial necrosis of the aorta (n=1). Cystic medial necrosis was evaluated on Death. A 36-year-old man with cystic medial necrosis and aneurysmal dilatation of the unruptured aorta presented with severe heart failure and died of acute pulmonary edema.
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