(1) Department of Radiology, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1208, Downstate Medical Center, 11203 Brooklyn, NY, USA;(2) Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Abstract:
Two unusual manifestations of aortic dissection, rupture into the main pulmonary artery and rupture into the inferior vena
cava, are presented. The latter complication has not been reported previously in the literature. The value of inferior vena
caval oximetry to delineate the site of fistulous communication is stressed.