Journal article
Painless aortic dissection presented with acute paraplegia
International journal of the cardiovascular academy, Vol.5(1), pp.22-24
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.4103/IJCA.IJCA_26_18
Abstract
Acute aortic dissection is considered a potentially fatal condition. Neurologic manifestations such as paraplegia are quite rare. We report a case of acute paraplegia in a hypertensive smoker chronic obstructive lung disease patient. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a dissection flap starting at the aortic annulus and extending to the descending thoracic aorta. Computed tomographic aortography confirmed the diagnosis with a dissection flap extended from the aortic annulus to the entire distal aorta. The patient was referred to another specialized cardiothoracic center, but unfortunately, he died during the surgery.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Painless aortic dissection presented with acute paraplegia
- Creators
- Mahmoud Abdelnaby - Alexandria UniversityMohammed Abada - Alexandria UniversityAlyaa Elsayed - Alexandria UniversityMoustafa Dawood - Alexandria UniversityYehia Saleh - Alexandria UniversityAbdallah Almaghraby - Alexandria University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of the cardiovascular academy, Vol.5(1), pp.22-24
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd
- DOI
- 10.4103/IJCA.IJCA_26_18
- ISSN
- 2405-8181
- eISSN
- 2405-819X
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984757158102771
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