title: Painless, acute aortic dissection presenting as an acute stroke.
abstract: Acute aortic dissection is an uncommon disease; however, it has a high mortality rate. Classically, aortic dissection presents with sudden and severe pain in the chest, back, or abdomen. Patients often describe tearing or ripping pain. There are a few reports of atypical findings or no pain in the literature. We report a case of painless, acute aortic dissection presenting as acute stroke.
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University, Emergency Medicine, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. abaydin@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baydin
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nargis
authors.forename: M Selim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nural
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aygun
authors.forename: Aydin Deniz
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahcivan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed