Causes of death were
dissecting aortic aneurysm, hepatic angiosarcoma, acute myeloid leukemia, and pulmonary embolism in a patient with cholangiocarcinoma that had metastasized to the peritoneum.
Large dissecting aortic aneurysm compressing the heart chambers sufficient to cause hemodynamic deterioration is a rare condition.
Rare Case of Both Left Atrial and Ventricular Compression by Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm. Balkan Med J 2018;35:406-7
The medical cause of death was given by consultant pathologist Dr Fadel Bennani as "ruptured
dissecting aortic aneurysm and large haemo pericardial tamponade".
Dissecting aortic aneurysm presenting with cardiovocal hoarseness.
A 26-year-old man had no significant past medical history but had a family history of
dissecting aortic aneurysm in his mother at the age of 40.
PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM The defendants failed to order tests to rule out a
dissecting aortic aneurysm and did not include aortic dissection in the differential diagnosis.
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed a
dissecting aortic aneurysm (figure), which suggested a recurrent laryngeal nerve injury that was caused by the stretching of the nerve around a slowly expanding aortic arch.
Several reviewers have stated that CT is more sensitive in the detection of
dissecting aortic aneurysms than aortography.[7-9] Few false negatives or positives have been reported.[10]