Tödliche Ruptur eines Aneurysmas des Ductus arteriosus Botalli im Erwachsenenalter¹

Abstract

Aneurysmen des Ductus arteriosus Botalli (D. a. B.) kommen bei Obduktionen im Neugeborenen-und Säuglingsalter nicht selten zur Beobachtung (BILLARD, FELL, FOSSEL, GRÜ

Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm Imaging Using Modern Diagnostic Methods

“…At cardiac catheterization, a large ductus arteriosus aneurysm (+) was found with patent pulmonary end of the ductus. the aorta have been reported (38,49,50). in contrast to the frequent simultaneous occurrence of aortic aneurysm and coarctation.…”

“…Minor or major symptoms from the aneurysm were observed in 26 recent patients (Table 3) and of these 16 died, 12 from rupture, one from aortic thrombosis, and 3 from respiratory failure. Hoarseness has frequently been reported and is presumably caused by stretching of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by the enlarging aneurysm (6,10,21,28,30,50). This symptom was present only in one of our 5 patients.…”