title: Acute abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture presenting as transient paralysis of the lower legs: a case report.
abstract: This article describes the case of a 40-year-old man with transient paralysis of both legs as the major symptom of an acute abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture presumably due to the occlusion of blood flow to the conus medullaris.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamano
authors.forename: Ikuho
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yonezawa
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yuou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome