Key result
AAA mimics pelvic inflammation and UTI in a postmenopausal woman.
Why the study?
Abdominal aortic aneurysms in postmenopausal women exhibit a more sinister behavior with rapid expansion, higher rupture risk, and greater mortality compared to men.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the atypical presentation of abdominal aortic aneurysm in postmenopausal women, which can mimic pelvic inflammation or urinary tract infection.
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Clinicians may consider AAA in postmenopausal women with atypical pelvic or UTI symptoms; single case leaves open need for validation.
Women are generally spared from abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation by the immunomodulating effects of estrogen. However, once they develop it, especially in the postmenopausal group, its behavior is more sinister with rapid expansion, a higher tendency to rupture, and higher mortality as compared to the male counterparts. Reported here is a case of AAA in a postmenopausal woman who came to the outpatient department with low backache, vague abdominal pain, and dysuria which initially gave a picture of pelvic inflammation with urinary tract infection but was later found out to be aortic aneurysm.
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Tigga et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Abdominal aortic aneurysm (n=1). A case report of 1 postmenopausal woman presenting with symptoms mimicking pelvic inflammation and urinary tract infection who was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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