International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 96-98, June 2010

Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Stridor

  • Feng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chang-Chih Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Jang Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yu-Jang Su, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Chung-Shan Road, 92, Section 2, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
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  • Yen-Chun Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Accepted 23 June 2009.

Summary 

Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, whining breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or larynx that is usually heard in children. We describe an unusual case of an 81-year-old man brought to our emergency department with sudden onset of dyspnea and shortness of breath. Stridor could be heard without a stethoscope. We found a huge mass over the left upper chest on chest radiography, suggesting an aortic aneurysm. We believed that these symptoms were caused by a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm with trachea/bronchi compression. Chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis.

Key Words:  aortic aneurysm , stridor

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70030-2

doi:10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70030-2

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 96-98, June 2010

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