The Physical Examination Does Matter: A Case of Spontaneous Aortocaval Fistula

A spontaneous aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In 50 percent of the patients, it presents with the classic signs of a pulsatile abdominal mass, continuous bruit, and low back pain. A high degree of clinical suspicion and a well-performed physical examination a...

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Autores principales: Desai, Rupak, Akbashev, Mikhail, Rubinsztain, Leon, Kacharava, Andro G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5593748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28929042
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1459
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author Desai, Rupak
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description A spontaneous aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In 50 percent of the patients, it presents with the classic signs of a pulsatile abdominal mass, continuous bruit, and low back pain. A high degree of clinical suspicion and a well-performed physical examination are important for its timely diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-55937482017-09-19 The Physical Examination Does Matter: A Case of Spontaneous Aortocaval Fistula Desai, Rupak Akbashev, Mikhail Rubinsztain, Leon Kacharava, Andro G Cureus Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation A spontaneous aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In 50 percent of the patients, it presents with the classic signs of a pulsatile abdominal mass, continuous bruit, and low back pain. A high degree of clinical suspicion and a well-performed physical examination are important for its timely diagnosis. Cureus 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5593748/ /pubmed/28929042 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1459 Text en Copyright © 2017, Desai et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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