Case 16-2021: A 37-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain and Aortic Dilatation.

N Engl J Med

From the Departments of Surgery (A.D.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Medicine (M.J.S.), and Pathology (J.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Surgery (A.D.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Medicine (M.J.S.), and Pathology (J.M.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

Published: May 2021

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