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Acute paraplegia as a presentation of acute aortic occlusion
Acute aortic occlusion is a rare life-threatening event. We present a case of a heavy smoking, 54-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency room with sudden paraplegia, associated to severe lower back and lower limbs pain. A neurologic examination showed paralysis of the lower limbs and cold lo...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.036 |
Sumario: | Acute aortic occlusion is a rare life-threatening event. We present a case of a heavy smoking, 54-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency room with sudden paraplegia, associated to severe lower back and lower limbs pain. A neurologic examination showed paralysis of the lower limbs and cold lower extremities. The pedal and femoral pulses were absent. A computed tomography revealed occlusion of the mesenteric superior artery, abdominal aorta, and both iliac arteries. Despite medical treatment, the patient died before evaluation of vascular surgery. Paraplegia is a rare presentation of acute aortic occlusion and clinicians should be alert to make an early intervention. |
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