File:Aortic dissection - Stanford type A (Radiopaedia 83418-98500 B 77).jpg

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Description	Radiopaedia case ID: 83418 Image ID: 53725452 Image stack position: 77/79 Plane projection: Sagittal Aux modality: C+ arterial phase Modality: CT System: Chest Findings: Circumferential hyperdense ring in the ascending aorta (73 HU) causing luminal narrowing representing acute intramural hematoma. It is non enhancing in the post contrast images.Dissection flap at the ascending aorta distal to the intra mural hematoma running down to the descending thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, down to the proximal parts of left common iliac artery.Superiorly, dissection flap is running to the proximal part of brachiocephalic trunk. True and false lumens present at mentioned levels.Aneurysmal dilatation of false lumen in aortic arch and descending aorta.False lumen is large and hypodense compared to true lumen from the aortic arch down to the renal arterial levels. Left renal artery originating from well enhancing false lumen. Right renal artery originating from well enhancing true lumen. Normal parenchymal enhancement of both kidneys. No aortic rupture.
Date	Published: 24th Oct 2020
Source	https://radiopaedia.org/cases/aortic-dissection-stanford-type-a-16
Author	Naqibullah Foladi
Permission (Permission-reusing-text)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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