CONGENITAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

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Abstract
Congenital aneurysm of the aorta is a most unusual entity. We feel, therefore, that a description of such a case and its surgical management would be of interest. REPORT OF A CASE E. A. L., a 15-year-old school girl, was referred by Dr. William P. McHugh of Cambridge, Mass., because a survey chest roentgenogram had disclosed an abnormal shadow in the upper mediastinum. The patient had no subjective symptoms. Review by systems elicited no cardiovascular or pulmonary symptoms or other information of significance. As a child she had had measles, chickenpox, whooping cough, and mumps. There had been no other illnesses. Her parents and three siblings were living and well. Physical examination revealed a well-developed, apparently healthy girl with no demonstrable abnormalities. The lung fields were clear to percussion and auscultation and no murmur was heard anywhere over the chest. Results of routine laboratory tests were normal, and the result

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