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| |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Chest trauma]], [[deceleration injuries]], [[motor vehicle accident]] | | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Chest trauma]], [[Whiplash (medicine)|deceleration injuries]], [[motor vehicle accident]] |
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| *[[Coronary artery bypass graft surgery]] | | *[[Coronary artery bypass graft surgery]] |
| *[[Cushing's syndrome]] | | *[[Cushing's syndrome]] |
| *[[Deceleration injuries]] | | *[[Whiplash (medicine)|Deceleration injuries]] |
| *[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] | | *[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] |
| *[[Erdheim's cystic medial necrosis]] | | *[[Erdheim's cystic medial necrosis]] |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Atherosclerosis and hypertension are associated with spontaneous dissection, while blunt trauma injury and sudden deceleration in a motor vehicle accident is a major cause of aortic dissection.
Causes
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular
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Atherosclerosis, bicuspid aortic valve, hypertension, malignant hypertension, vasculitis
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| Chemical/Poisoning
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No underlying causes
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| Dental
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No underlying causes
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| Dermatologic
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No underlying causes
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| Drug Side Effect
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Methonium
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| Ear Nose Throat
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No underlying causes
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| Endocrine
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Cushing's syndrome
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| Environmental
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No underlying causes
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| Gastroenterologic
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No underlying causes
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| Genetic
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Aneurysms osteoarthritis syndrome, annuloaortic ectasia, bicuspid aortic valve, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Erdheim's cystic medial necrosis, familial aortic dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Marfan syndrome, mutation of TGF-β receptor genes, mutations in genes encoding α-actin and β-myosin, mutations in SMAD3, mutations in the gene encoding filamin A, Noonan syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Turner syndrome
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| Hematologic
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No underlying causes
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| Iatrogenic
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Aortic valve replacement surgery, cardiac catheterization, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, following implantation of stent graft, following use of intra-aortic balloon pump, mitral valve replacement surgery, surgical correction of aortic coarctation
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| Infectious Disease
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Annuloaortic ectasia, aortitis, HIV, syphilitic aortitis
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| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta
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| Neurologic
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No underlying causes
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| Nutritional/Metabolic
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Homocystinuria
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| Obstetric/Gynecologic
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No underlying causes
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| Oncologic
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No underlying causes
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| Ophthalmologic
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No underlying causes
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| Overdose/Toxicity
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Cocaine abuse
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| Psychiatric
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No underlying causes
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| Pulmonary
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No underlying causes
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| Renal/Electrolyte
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Polycystic kidney disease
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| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy
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Aortitis, arteritis, Behçet's disease, giant cell arteritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, Takayasu arteritis, vasculitis
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| Sexual
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No underlying causes
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| Trauma
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Chest trauma, deceleration injuries, motor vehicle accident
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| Urologic
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No underlying causes
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| Miscellaneous
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Connective tissue disorders, heavy exercise, idiopathic
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Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
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