Aortoiliac occlusive disease, a silent syndrome

A 68-year-old woman with a 25.5 pack/year history of smoking consulted the emergency room for acute pelvis and oppressive lumbar pain. Symptoms began 6 months earlier with lower limbs mild pain, intermittent claudication and hypoesthesia. Two months earlier, a venous Doppler ultrasound was performed with normal findings. In the physical examination at the emergency room, no mention was made about lower extremities’ pulses. The patient did not consume medicines or report a history of diabetes or hyperlipidaemia.

• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/25864
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-230770; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/25864
• Palabra clave: Contrast medium; Abdominal aorta; Aged; Aortic occlusion; Case report; Clinical article; Contrast enhancement; Disease duration; Doppler ultrasonography; Emergency care; Female; Human; Hypesthesia; Intermittent claudication; Leriche syndrome; Limb pain; Low back pain; Pelvic pain; Physical examination; Priority journal; Short survey; Smoking habit; Aortic disease; Computed tomographic angiography; Diagnostic imaging; Hypesthesia; Iliac artery; Intermittent claudication; Leriche syndrome; Pathology; Peripheral occlusive artery disease; Procedures; Aged; Aortic diseases; Arterial occlusive diseases; Computed tomography angiography; Female; Humans; Hypesthesia; Iliac artery; Intermittent claudication; Leriche syndrome; Ultrasonography; doppler; Cardiovascular medicine; Emergency medicine; Radiology; Smoking and tobacco; Vascular surgery
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