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case_images: (A) A large 9.6 cm dissection of the aortic arch and proximal descending aorta with thrombosis of the false lumen as visualized on transoesophageal echocardiography. (B) Barium oesophagram demonstrating a large aortic aneurysm (dark silhouette in the upper left hemithorax) compressing the oesophagus at the T5 level. (C) Administration of a 13 mm barium tablet, trapped at the level T5 (level of oesophageal compression by the aortic aneurysm). (D) Computed tomography and angiography with a large DeBakey type III aortic dissection and partial thrombosis of the false lumen in close proximity to the oesophagus.
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case_images: Barium oesophagram demonstrated mass effect of the aortic dissection on the oesophagus at the T5 level (Figure 1).