Acute dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm presenting with stroke, consumptive coagulopathy, and gastrointestinal hemorrhage

J Emerg Med. 1999 Jul-Aug;17(4):631-5. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(99)00051-7.

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old man who had an acute dissection of a previously undiagnosed thoracic aortic aneurysm. The diagnosis was challenging because of the neurologic and hematologic complications that overwhelmed the clinical presentation. Three simultaneous complications of thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection (ischemic stroke, consumption coagulopathy, and superior mesenteric infarction with gastrointestinal hemorrhage) made the case unique and the diagnosis difficult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male