Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in a Case with Abdominal Aortic Atheromatous Plaque after Blunt Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in a Case with Abdominal Aortic Atheromatous Plaque after Blunt Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Eurasian J Emerg Med 2009;8:56-59 DOI: 10.4170/JAEM.2009.36854
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Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal aorta as a result of blunt trauma is uncommon, due in part to its protected position in the retroperitoneum. This report describes the case of a 58-year-old man with atheromatous aortic plaques with isolated infrarenal abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed 5 weeks after blunt trauma.

Keywords: Pseudoaneurysm, Blunt trauma, Infrarenal Abdominal Aorta