Bilateral testicular pain as an acute aortic dissection symptom
Acute aortic dissection is a serious cardiovascular event and the most common acute disease of the great vessels. According to the anatomical distribution of the compromised aorta, the Stanford Group classifies it into type A and type B. Its prognosis depends on its early identification and treatmen...
- Autores:
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Guarín-Loaiza, Gloria Mercedes
Nocua-Báez, Laura Cristina
Alfonso-Hernández, Gladys
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65192
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65192
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66215/
- Palabra clave:
- 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Enfermedades aórticas
Disección
Dolor agudo
Dolor referido
Dolor en el pecho
Testículo
Aortic Diseases
Dissection
Acute Pain
Referred Pain
Chest Pain
Testis
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
Summary: | Acute aortic dissection is a serious cardiovascular event and the most common acute disease of the great vessels. According to the anatomical distribution of the compromised aorta, the Stanford Group classifies it into type A and type B. Its prognosis depends on its early identification and treatment, as the mortality rate in type A increases rapidly with each hour of delay of diagnosis.Clinical manifestations of aortic dissection may be varied, which makes its early diagnosis difficult. Regarding its diagnosis, genital pain is one of the rarest symptoms. In this paper, the case of a patient who initially attended a health care institution due to acute bilateral testicular pain and was eventually diagnosed with acute aortic dissection is presented. |
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