Painless, acute aortic dissection presenting as an acute stroke.
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.
Baydin
Ahmet
A
Ondokuz Mayis University, Emergency Medicine, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. abaydin@omu.edu.tr
Nargis
Cemil
C
Nural
M Selim
MS
Aygun
Dursun
D
Karatas
Aydin Deniz
AD
Bahcivan
Muzaffer
M
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