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A recent chest x-ray revealed "a tortuous ascending and descending aorta, i am scheduled for surgery on my thyroid- there is a 3.7cm nodule on the lef?
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Tortuous aorta: means that the aorta takes a more twisting course than its normal straight direction. This is usually due to aging or atherosclerosis. There is usually little clinical significance to this xray finding.
Answered 3/8/2019
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