TY - JOUR A2 - Salerno, T. A. AU - Kanakis, Meletios A. AU - Papavassiliou, Vassilios G. AU - Drosos, Polivios AU - Kaperonis, Elias A. AU - Benakis, George AU - Lioulias, Achilleas G. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/12/20 TI - Late Diagnosis of Silent Thoracic Aortic Rupture Presented as a Right Pleural Effusion SP - 906250 VL - 2012 AB - Patients with ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm rarely present in a stable clinical condition. A man was referred to our hospital with the diagnosis of ruptured saccular aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta. He successfully underwent both endovascular graft repair and open thoracotomy. SN - 1687-9627 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/906250 DO - 10.1155/2012/906250 JF - Case Reports in Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -