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  • Title: False-positive aortography following blunt chest trauma: case report.
    Author: Orron DE, Porter DH, Kim D, Tortella B.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol; 1988 Jun; 11(3):132-5. PubMed ID: 3139293.
    Abstract:
    We describe a patient in whom thoracic aortography performed following blunt chest trauma revealed what appeared to be a traumatic tear of the proximal descending aorta. As the patient initially refused surgery, aortography was repeated 18 days later, confirming these findings. At thoracic aortotomy the aorta appeared normal; there was no hematoma or tear. We believe this to be the first reported case of false-positive aortography following blunt chest trauma (see Note added in proof).
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