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Post coital aortic dissection: a case report
BACKGROUND: Sudden onset peri- or post-coital cardiovascular disease is well documented in the literature including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The occurrence of aortic dissection in this setting has been reported only once previously. CASE PRESENTATION: We...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2244618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18199324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-6 |
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author | Morris-Stiff, Gareth Coxon, Mari Ball, Elizabeth Lewis, Michael H |
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description | BACKGROUND: Sudden onset peri- or post-coital cardiovascular disease is well documented in the literature including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The occurrence of aortic dissection in this setting has been reported only once previously. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 47 year old man who developed sudden onset right leg pain during coitus. This was initially believed to be neurological due to nerve impingement but an MRI failed to identify a prolapse. On further review after 6 weeks, pulses were noted to be absent in the patient's right leg and an urgent vascular review with investigation identified a dissection of the aorta which was subsequently successfully treated. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates a rare presentation of aortic dissection and demonstrates the importance of a thorough vascular assessment in the presence of sudden onset limb pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-22446182008-02-15 Post coital aortic dissection: a case report Morris-Stiff, Gareth Coxon, Mari Ball, Elizabeth Lewis, Michael H J Med Case Reports Case Report BACKGROUND: Sudden onset peri- or post-coital cardiovascular disease is well documented in the literature including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The occurrence of aortic dissection in this setting has been reported only once previously. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 47 year old man who developed sudden onset right leg pain during coitus. This was initially believed to be neurological due to nerve impingement but an MRI failed to identify a prolapse. On further review after 6 weeks, pulses were noted to be absent in the patient's right leg and an urgent vascular review with investigation identified a dissection of the aorta which was subsequently successfully treated. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates a rare presentation of aortic dissection and demonstrates the importance of a thorough vascular assessment in the presence of sudden onset limb pain. BioMed Central 2008-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2244618/ /pubmed/18199324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-6 Text en Copyright © 2008 Morris-Stiff et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Morris-Stiff, Gareth Coxon, Mari Ball, Elizabeth Lewis, Michael H Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title | Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title_full | Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title_fullStr | Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title_short | Post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
title_sort | post coital aortic dissection: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2244618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18199324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-6 |
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