title: Symptomatic 7-cm abdominal aortic aneurysm in an otherwise healthy 31-year-old woman.
abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysms are rare in young women. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who underwent open surgical repair of a symptomatic 7-cm abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The patient had no identifiable AAA risk factors. Laboratory and pathological analyses demonstrated a nonspecific inflammatory component.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, USC/LA County, Los Angeles, California, USA. jmoos@surgery.usc.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moos
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rowell
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome