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Rodin Number: 24
E Number: none
Donor: Roddick and Osler
Date: unknown
Size (H x W cm): 20 x 16.5
The specimen shows the mouths of two saccular aneurysms of the ascending aorta and aortic arch (arrows (A)). Plaques are evident on the intimal surface of the aorta and these aneurysm are likely related to atherosclerosis. A back view (B) shows the lower aneurysm (L) just below the bifurcated innominate artery (I). The upper one (V) is adjacent to the trachea (T), which it appears to compress.
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Comment
The descriptive card notes that the patient had a "Characteristic cough, dyspnoea, pain [for] two months". It is possible that these symptoms were related to tracheal compression by the aneurysm. Sir Thomas George Roddick was appointed House Surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital in 1869 and became Professor of Clinical Surgery at McGill in 1875. The basis for the reference E. O. M. 183635 on the descriptive card is unclear.