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Traumatic aneurysm of the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta in an infant. A case report.

Boumzebra D, Ettaoumi Y, Yaacoubi M, Haddani J, Fehri M, Mehadji BA

Cardio-Vascular Surgery Unit, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Boumzebradriss@hotmail.com

Post-traumatic aneurysms are extremely rare in the infant population. We report a case of delayed abdominal aortic aneurysm that appeared in a 5-year-old female, admitted 5 months previously with contusions to the abdomen.

Published 6 July 2005 in Eur J Pediatr Surg, 15(3): 200-2.
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