Abstract
Acute aortic dissection and rupture of aneurysm is quite rare in the young. A 26-year-old woman (nonMarfan) presented with anemia and massive left sided hemothorax in her early postpartum period. She was diagnosed to have acute Type III aortic dissection with rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm. A very small and unhealthy descending thoracic aorta precluded any usual repair and she underwent an ascending aortaabdominal aorta bypass graft. Histopathological features of the aorta were suggestive of aortoarteritis (Takayasu's).