Descriptive Card Log Book Entry
Rodin Number: 26
E Number: 134
Donor: Osler
Date: 1881
Size (H x W cm): 20 x 10.5
The specimen shows two saccular aneurysms of the transverse arch of the aorta, the larger extending superiorly and to the right (long arrows on front and back views). The smaller aneurysm (short arrow) is filled with thrombus (indicated as being "recent" on the descriptive card) and has ruptured into the trachea (arrow and glass rod on back view).
Comment
Clinical details are not available. However, the descriptive card suggests the cause of the aneurysms was syphilis.