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Fig. 4C. —72-year-old male trauma patient who underwent contrast-enhanced axial CT to assess thoracic involvement (single detector, 5-mm collimation) with mediastinal window settings (level, 400 H; width, 40 H). Ao = aorta, AAo = ascending aorta, DAo = descending aorta, PA = pulmonary artery. At higher level, subtle aortic flap (arrowhead) is identified. This patient had aortic tear in descending aorta, which was surgically corrected.