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'''Organ''': Heart, ascending aorta | '''Organ''': Heart, ascending aorta | ||
'''Description''': | '''Description''': The left ventricle and ascending aorta are open. There is a rupture in the wall of the ascending aorta. Each side of the ascending aorta has some haemorrhage in the wall of the vessel. | ||
The left ventricle and ascending aorta are open. There is a rupture in the wall of the ascending aorta. Each side of the ascending aorta has some haemorrhage in the wall of the vessel. | |||
'''Diagnosis''': Stanford A type aortic dissection | '''Diagnosis''': Stanford A type aortic dissection | ||
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''In this case did an aneurysm cause the rupture of the intima, hence the name of the preparation.'' | ''In this case did an aneurysm cause the rupture of the intima, hence the name of the preparation.'' | ||
[[File:Aortic aneurysm and dissection.jpg|center|thumb| | [[File:Aortic aneurysm and dissection.jpg|center|thumb|The aorta is split, so the pseudolumen is also split in two, which is why you see it on both the left and the right side of the aorta.]] | ||
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Macropreparations]] | [[Category:Pathology 1 - Macropreparations]] |