Dissecting Aneurysms of the Aorta, Including the Traumatic Type: Three Case Reports

Article1 August 1931Dissecting Aneurysms of the Aorta, Including the Traumatic Type: Three Case ReportsPAUL C. SAMSON, M.D.PAUL C. SAMSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-2-117 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn dealing with dissecting aneurysms of the aorta one is confronted with the strange clinical paradox, that a condition which has such marked pathology is so rarely diagnosed during life. Since the lesion was first accurately described by Morgagni1in 1761 there have been over four hundred cases, either described or mentioned in the literature. From English and German sources, Gager2has collected only seven cases diagnosed during life. 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