Blunt traumatic infrarenal aortic intimal flap progressing to pseudoaneurysm over 3 months.

J Surg Case Rep

School of Medicine, Department of Trauma Surgery, Western Michigan University, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI 49048, USA

Published: June 2016

Blunt traumatic infrarenal aortic injuries are unusual, and the formation of a delayed pseudoaneurysm of the aorta is even more rare. In this report, a young woman developed a small intimal flap of the infrarenal aorta after a motor vehicle accident which progressed into a 3 cm pseudoaneurysm after 3 months. Operative repair was successful and the patient recovered. This case illustrates the importance of repeat imaging of small blunt aortic injuries since progression can occur.

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