Tearing low back pain due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
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abdominal aortic aneurysm, chronic low back painAbstract
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are usually infrarenal, and they have a slow course. They do not produce obvious symptoms, a segmental dilatation of the infrarenal aorta with a diameter greater than or equal to 3 cm can be diagnosed as an abdominal aortic aneurysm. There are many causes that favor the appearance of this pathology which is historically associated with a high mortality rate that has not changed despite advances in surgical, anesthetic and intensive care management. We report the case of a 78-year-old male, hypertensive, smoker and with chronic low back pain treated as mechanical low back pain for weeks, who suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He arrived at the emergency room with a tearing low back pain and high blood pressure. We initially thought it to be an aortic dissection, but the abdominal CT-ANGIO reported a ruptured aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. His evolution was torpid finishing in death due to irreversible hypovolemic shock hours after his arrival at the hospital.
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