Acute dissection originating in the abdominal aorta.
A primary abdominal aortic dissection was encountered in a 53-year-old hypertensive man who was admitted with a 2-week history of back pain. Treatment with an infrarenal aortic bifurcation graft complemented by reconstruction of the proximal aortic cuff was curative.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged