Limited Aortic Intimal Tears: CT Imaging Features and Clinical Characteristics

Mohammad H Madani; Valery L Turner; Richard L Hallett; Martin J Willemink; Horacio Murillo; Anne S Chin; Gerald J Berry; Dominik Fleischmann

doi:10.1148/ryct.220155

Limited Aortic Intimal Tears: CT Imaging Features and Clinical Characteristics

Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2022 Dec 22;4(6):e220155. doi: 10.1148/ryct.220155. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Mohammad H Madani¹, Valery L Turner¹, Richard L Hallett¹, Martin J Willemink¹, Horacio Murillo¹, Anne S Chin¹, Gerald J Berry¹, Dominik Fleischmann¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 4860 Y St, Suite 3100, Sacramento, CA 95817 (M.H.M.); and Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif (V.L.T., R.L.H., M.J.W., H.M., A.S.C., G.J.B., D.F.).

Abstract

Limited aortic intimal tear is an uncommon lesion of the dissection spectrum. The lesion has several imaging features that are not well known, including asymmetric aortic contour abnormalities, filling defects, and various morphologic patterns, such as linear, L-shaped, T-shaped, and stellate configurations. Hemorrhage of the aortic wall may also be present in patients with this rare entity. This imaging essay reviews the CT imaging findings and clinical characteristics of patients with limited intimal tears. Keywords: Aorta, CT © RSNA, 2022.

Keywords: Aorta; CT.