Acute aortic dissection with painless paraplegia: report of 2 cases.
Acute aortic dissection is often a life-threatening event that usually presents as a sudden, severe, exquisitely painful, ripping sensation in the chest or back. There are a few reports of atypical findings or no pain in the literature. We report 2 patients with painless acute aortic dissection who presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset paraplegia.
Aktas
Can
C
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. canaktas@gmail.com
Cinar
Orhan
O
Ay
Didem
D
Gürses
Bengi
B
Hasmanoglu
Hakan
H
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed