title: Abdominal aortic aneurysm with initial symptom of duodenal obstruction.
abstract: Duodenal obstruction as the initial symptom of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is unusual. We report the 13th case and our findings from a review of the literature. This entity should be considered in an older individual when duodenal obstruction is associated with findings of a pulsatile abdominal mass, or when abdominal films show calcification of the aneurysm or bone erosion.
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography