title: [A man who became acutely agitated after injection of contrast].
abstract: A 63-year-old man attended the emergency room with lower back pain. An abdominal CT scan was scheduled. However, after intravenous injection of contrast, the patient became acutely agitated and his tension dropped. After a delay of two minutes the scan was performed and showed massive contrast extravasation due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Subsequently, the patient successfully underwent an emergency laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, locatie Westeinde, Den Haag, the Netherlands. j.a.w.tielbeek@amc.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen A W
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tielbeek
authors.forename: Stephanie N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: de Waard
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Mol van Otterloo
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media