Headache: an unusual presentation of aortic dissection.
The most common presenting symptom of aortic dissection is chest pain - headache as the initial manifestation is rare. We report a patient with a history of hypertension who presented with severe bifrontal headache, and was found to have an acute aortic dissection in the absence of carotid artery dissection. A discussion of the atypical presentation and possible pathophysiology follows.
Singh
Sukhvinder
S
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Huang
John Y
JY
Sin
Kenny
K
Charles
Rabind A
RA
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged