2012, Number 1
Anatomic description of an abdominal aorta postmortemaneurism
Alonso GJC, Benítez PG, Téllez GJR, Álvarez AB, Alcocer GA, León CMGD
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ABSTRACT
An aneurism is an expansion of the walls of an artery; an aneurism of abdominal aorta is a dilatation of the greater aorta with more than 3.0 cm. in diameter. This dilatation is in the abdomen, located deeply from the umbilical scar, anterior to the vertebral column.Ultrasonographic screening studies show that 5% of men above 65 years old have an occult aneurysm, measuring 3 to 5 cm in diameter. Although there is no general consensusup to date on how to define an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, the majority of the reviewed authors define it as a dilatation with a diameter of 3.0 cm or more. Its relevance consists of the large number of undetected cases and its fatal consequences when untreated, mostly associated with a chronic elevation of the arterial pressure.
We presentin the following casea description of a postmortem abdominal aneurism, corresponding to a 77 year-old Mexican male, whose cause of death was myocardialinfarction.
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