Ruptur des Ductus arteriosus Botalli

Three Aneurysms of the Ductus Arteriosus in the New‐born

“…They are, nevertheless, important as a diagnostic problem and as an operative hazard for the thoracic surgeon. Most of the infantile aneurysms of the ductus arteriosus have been found accidentally at postmortem examination, the patient having died from some other disease; but in eight cases (Roeder, 1901, two cases;Guggenheim, 1930;Esser, 1902, two cases;Fritz, 1933;Scheef, 1939; and the present Case II), death was directly due to rupture of either a saccular or a dissecting aneurysm.…”

“…Esser (1902) found hcemorrhages in the media of the wall of a ductus aneurysm. Fritz (1933) also found hcemorrhages in the wall of a ductus which had ruptured, although no aneurysm was present. This last case and Roeder's (1901) second case are the only examples comparable to Case II in this paper.…”