Traumatic aortic injury is a rare but potentially lethal condition. Those few patients who survive the acute phase of injury usually progress to form a chronic aneurysm. Few guidelines exist on the management of chronic traumatic aortic aneurysms. Here, we describe the conservative management of a patient with a traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm who has remained asymptomatic for 40 years.
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