• Chest · Jan 1981

    Case Reports

    Extensive aortic dissection from combined-type cystic medial necrosis in a young man without predisposing factors.

    • C B Loeppky, M A Alpert, P C Hamel, R H Martin, and S B Saab.
    • Chest. 1981 Jan 1; 79 (1): 116118116-8.

    AbstractA 33-year-old man with no predisposing factors had a DeBakey type 1 aortic dissection requiring surgical intervention. Microscopic examination showed combined-type cystic medial necrosis. This is the first report of extensive aortic dissection associated with combined-type cystic medial necrosis in a person younger than 40 years with no predisposing factors.

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