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      Un hémothorax gauche révélant une dissection de l`aorte: à propos d'un cas Translated title: Left hemothorax revealing an aortic dissection: report of a case

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          Certaines dissections de l`aorte peuvent se compliquer d'hémothorax faisant, évoquer initialement, une pathologie pleuro-pulmomaire. Nous rapportons l'observation d'un patient âgé de 67 ans, hypertendu, atteint d`une dissection de l`aorte, présentant un tableau typique, clinique et radiologique d`un syndrome d`épanchement pleural gauche en dehors de tout contexte infectieux et traumatique. Le tableau d`un syndrome pleural gauche a conduit à la réalisation d`une ponction pleurale qui a ramené un liquide hémorragique. La tomodensitométrie thoracique a conclu à une dissection aortique type B de Stanford. La prise en charge chirurgicale est indiquée en cas de complication comme ce fut le cas de notre patient.

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          Clinical significance of pleural effusion in acute aortic dissection.

          To clarify the clinical significance of pleural effusion in the clinical course of acute aortic dissection (AAD). Retrospective clinical series. A university hospital. Fifty-five patients strongly suspected of having AAD because of severe chest or back pain. Patients with obvious ischemic heart disease, lung disease, and pleural disease were excluded. An additional diagnosis of pleural effusion was made when evident by CT. Pleural effusion was detected in 42 of 48 patients (88%) with AAD (mean plus minus SD age, 65 plus minus 12 years; 35 men and 13 women), but in only 1 of 7 patients (14%) who proved not to have AAD (mean age, 74 +/- 10 years; 6 men and 1 woman). Effusion appeared at a mean of 4.5 days after onset of dissection. Thoracentesis performed in six patients showed a bloody effusion in three patients and an exudative effusion in three patients. In the six AAD patients without pleural effusion, four patients underwent surgery within 3 days after onset of dissection. In patients with AAD, effusion was demonstrated on the first CT after hospital admission in 18 patients, and was bilateral in 32 patients. WBC count in blood, serum C-reactive protein concentration, and body temperature were higher in patients with effusion (13,400 +/- 3,600/microL, 18.4 +/- 11.5 mg/dL, and 38.2 +/- 0.7 degrees C) than in those without effusion (10,300 +/- 2,900/microL, 4.5 +/- 4.2 mg/dL, and 37.0 +/- 1.0 degrees C, respectively). Pleural effusion occurs frequently in patients with AAD, often in association with inflammatory reactions.
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            Left pleural hemorrhagic effusion. A presenting sign of thoracic aortic dissecting aneurysm.

            Left hemorrhagic pleural effusion was the presenting sign of painless aortic dissecting aneurysm in two elderly hypertensive patients. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed the aneurysmal dilatation of the thoracic aorta and an intimal flap connecting its descending part with the left pleural space. The patients were treated conservatively with blood transfusions and drugs directed to control blood pressure. The first reported 71-year-old patient remains in stable condition for 16 months without evidence of recurrent active aortic dissection. The second 85-year-old patient remained in stable condition for 28 days, but finally had a second fatal episode of dissection into the left pleural space. The differential diagnosis of nontraumatic left hemorrhagic pleural effusion in an elderly hypertensive patient should include dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta and CT of the chest should be performed as the next preferable diagnostic procedure.
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              Painless left hemorrhagic pleural effusion: An unusual presentation of dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm.

              Aortic dissection is a catastrophic event that is commonly associated with severe pain, massive hemorrhage, and high mortality. In this report, we present the case of a 31-year-old man who presented with painless, hemorrhagic left pleural effusion. Further investigation revealed a 9-cm dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm that was thought to be due to a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve. We suggest that ascending aortic aneurysm be included in the differential diagnosis of hemorrhagic pleural effusion, even in the absence of the classic features of aortic dissection, such as chest pain, advanced age, or history of hypertension.
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                Journal
                Pan Afr Med J
                Pan Afr Med J
                PAMJ
                The Pan African Medical Journal
                The African Field Epidemiology Network
                1937-8688
                22 July 2014
                2014
                : 18
                : 235
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Service de cardiologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal
                [2 ]Service de cardiologie, Hôpital régional de Zinguichor, Sénégal
                [3 ]Service de cardiologie, Hôpital Général Grand Yoff, Dakar, Sénégal
                Author notes
                [& ]Corresponding author: Dr Malick Bodian, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Avenue Pasteur. BP: 6633 Dakar étoile, Senegal
                Article
                PAMJ-18-235
                10.11604/pamj.2014.18.235.1338
                4242054
                25426193
                8f105f84-89ca-4140-b04b-416396469d0e
                © Dr Malick Bodian et al.

                The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 04 November 2011
                : 10 July 2012
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                Case Report

                Medicine
                dissection,aorte,hémothorax,aorta,hemothorax
                Medicine
                dissection, aorte, hémothorax, aorta, hemothorax

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