AN INCIDENTAL FINDING OF DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM IN 63 YEAR OLD MALE; CASE REPORT
Author(s): N.E. Ani; D.E. Bassey; F.O. Jinadu; A.A. Ikpeme; C.P. Echieh
Institute(s): 1,2,4 Department of Radiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH, Calabar; 3 Department of Radiology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, Lagos; 5 Department of Surgery, Cardio-thoracic unit, UCTH, Calabar
Volume 1 / Issue 1
Abstract
Aortic dissection is one of the acute aortic syndromes and a type of arterial dissection. The term Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) is used to describe a spectrum of life-threatening aortic emergencies of the thoracic aorta: classic Aortic Dissection (AD), Intramural Hematoma (IMH) and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer (PAU). The diagnosis is made with medical imaging (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging or echocardiography). This case is being presented to highlight the essence of prompt request of imaging modality in a patient who presents with recurrent chest pain, treated as a chronic case of dyspepsia without due investigations who was eventually seen to suffer from aortic dissection.
Number of Pages: 6
Number of Words: 3529
First Page: 28
Last Page: 35