A 39-year-old male with low back pain, fatigue, and nausea of 2 years duration was referred with a suspected mass in the left lung. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a giant aneurysm associated with a coarctation of the descending thoracic aorta. A Dacron tube graft was interposed. Histopathologic examination revealed atherosclerosis of the aneurysmal wall.
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