title: A 74-year-old woman with numbness and paralysis of legs, no discernable femoral pulses, and pain in her lower back.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 1035 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA. Valerie.dinsdale@overlakehospital.org
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Novotny-Dinsdale
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luttman
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stillman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D011674:Pulse; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis