Figure 2

Aortography showed an interruption (the so called "linear tear") of the normal contour of the thoracic aorta in the corresponding area. A protrusion of the aortic lumen in the inner curve of the aorta is indicating the disruption of the intima and beginning of a pseudoaneurysm. The preoperative evaluation of imaging was: "findings indicating a traumatic rupture of aortic isthmus".