Aortic Dissection Presenting as Leg Pain. 2020

Nathan George, and Latha Ganti, and Michael Falgiani, and Bobby Desai
Emergency Medicine, Ocala Regional Medical Center, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Ocala, USA.

A female in her mid-sixties presented to the emergency department with the chief complaint of leg pain. After evaluation, she was found to have a rapidly progressing aortic dissection resulting in an occlusion of the right common iliac artery. The authors highlight the variable presentations of acute aortic dissection, beyond classic tearing chest pain.

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