Key result
A patient with acute aortic dissection presented atypically with severe low back pain and no physical examination findings, highlighting the difficulty of diagnosis in such cases.
Why the study?
Diagnosis of acute aortic dissection can be extremely difficult when clinical presentation is atypical, particularly when signs and symptoms are subtle or mimic other disorders.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the diagnostic challenge of acute aortic dissection when presenting atypically with severe low back pain and a normal physical examination.
Clinicians should consider aortic dissection despite atypical back pain and normal exam; this case leaves open needs for better diagnostic tools.
Acute dissection of the aorta is a potentially catastrophic emergency that mandates prompt recognition and expeditious treatment. Diagnosis can be extremely difficult when clinical presentation is atypical, especially if symptoms and signs are subtle or mimic other disorders. In this study we reported a case of acute aortic dissection in a patient presenting to our Emergency Department with severe low back pain and no findings on physical examination.
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Cossu et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Acute aortic dissection (n=1). A patient with acute aortic dissection presented atypically with severe low back pain and no physical examination findings, highlighting the difficulty of diagnosis in such cases.
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