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A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”

Aortic dissection is often misdiagnosed, especially among young patients, and it is associated with a high mortality rate. We present here a case of fatal acute aortic dissection in a young man who was misdiagnosed with pericarditis. We reviewed the literature of acute aortic dissection in young peo...

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Autores principales: Pineault, Jérôme, Ouimet, Denis, Pichette, Vincent, Vallée, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267942
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S22906
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author Pineault, Jérôme
Ouimet, Denis
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Vallée, Michel
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description Aortic dissection is often misdiagnosed, especially among young patients, and it is associated with a high mortality rate. We present here a case of fatal acute aortic dissection in a young man who was misdiagnosed with pericarditis. We reviewed the literature of acute aortic dissection in young people and we focused particularly on clinical presentations, outcomes and investigations of aortic dissection. We report a case of a 33-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hypertension with acute pleuretic chest pain who was transferred to our hospital for suspected pulmonary embolism and died of acute hemorragic pericardial effusion from an ascendant aortic dissection. We should never rule out aortic dissection off our differential diagnosis on the sole basis of a patient’s young age.
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spelling pubmed-32580192012-01-20 A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader” Pineault, Jérôme Ouimet, Denis Pichette, Vincent Vallée, Michel Int J Gen Med Case Report Aortic dissection is often misdiagnosed, especially among young patients, and it is associated with a high mortality rate. We present here a case of fatal acute aortic dissection in a young man who was misdiagnosed with pericarditis. We reviewed the literature of acute aortic dissection in young people and we focused particularly on clinical presentations, outcomes and investigations of aortic dissection. We report a case of a 33-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hypertension with acute pleuretic chest pain who was transferred to our hospital for suspected pulmonary embolism and died of acute hemorragic pericardial effusion from an ascendant aortic dissection. We should never rule out aortic dissection off our differential diagnosis on the sole basis of a patient’s young age. Dove Medical Press 2011-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3258019/ /pubmed/22267942 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S22906 Text en © 2011 Pineault et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pineault, Jérôme
Ouimet, Denis
Pichette, Vincent
Vallée, Michel
A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
title A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
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title_fullStr A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
title_full_unstemmed A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
title_short A case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
title_sort case of an aortic dissection in a young adult: a refresher of the literature of this “great masquerader”
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267942
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S22906
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