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SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY - Aneurysm

Description
The specimen is regrettably rather discoloured but shows an aneurysm some 4.0 cm across arising in the first part of the subclavian artery. This young man died following rupture of the aneurysm which occurred at the time of a fight. It is not known how the aneurysm came to be there but it is possibly traumatic in origin.