title: An 8-year-old boy with bilateral lower extremity pain and weakness.
abstract: We illustrate a case of an 8-year-old boy presenting acutely with bilateral lower extremity pain and weakness. This case illustrates the presentation and progression of a rare and potentially lethal diagnosis and highlights the use of computed tomography angiography in the setting of a patient with acute onset of pain and pulselessness of the lower extremities.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. thaddeus_herliczek@brown.edu
authors.forename: Thaddeus W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Herliczek
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011674:Pulse; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*