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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1075-1077
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Pinhole rupture of aortic root aneurysm with severe atherosclerotic change

Hidenori Sako, MD, PhDa*, Tetsuo Hadama, MD, PhDa, Osamu Shigemitsu, MD, PhDa, Shinji Miyamoto, MD, PhDa, Hirofumi Anai, MD, PhDa, Tomoyuki Wada, MD, PhDa, Naoki Hijiya, MD, PhDb

a Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan
b Pathology, Oita University, Oita, Japan

Accepted for publication April 14, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Sako, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Oita University, School of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Oita 879-5593, Japan
e-mail: sakoh{at}med.oita-u

We report two cases of the rupture of calcified aortic root aneurysms that were successfully treated by emergency operations. One patient underwent Bentall's operation, and for the other, we performed a valve-sparing operation. Because their aneurysms revealed pear-like configurations with aortic regurgitation, the findings were consistent with annuloaortic ectasia (AAE). However, both cases were unlike typical AAE in that the aortic walls showed severe atherosclerotic change, with little sign of cystic medial necrosis. It was very interesting that each rupture point was a very small pinhole originating from one of the atherosclerotic ulcers.




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