Traumatic Aortic Intramural Hematoma

Blunt traumatic aortic injury is a life threatening condition with a mortality rate of 30%. Aortic injury commonly involves the thoracic aorta with pseudoaneurysm and intramural hematoma. Aortic intramural hematoma is a dissection without an intimal tear. Intramural aortic hematoma is an uncommon but potentially lethal aortic disease. TEE, CT, MRI and Multidetector CT can ensure a rapid and accurate diagnosis of intramural hematoma. Management of traumatic aortic intramural hematoma is not well defined in the literature. Significant intramural aortic hematoma in stable patients may remain stable on follow-up imaging. In this study we present a traumatic aortic intramural hematoma which resolved with conservative treatment in a 36 year old man who fell from a height.