Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis
Isolated pelvic pain caused by aortic dissection is a very uncommon clinical presentation. This life-threatening cardiovascular lesion needs prompt diagnosis and intervention to prevent rupture. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome who presented to our gynecologic clinic wi...
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| author | Lan-Sin Jhang An-Shine Chao Chih-Wei Chien |
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| description | Isolated pelvic pain caused by aortic dissection is a very uncommon clinical presentation. This life-threatening cardiovascular lesion needs prompt diagnosis and intervention to prevent rupture. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome who presented to our gynecologic clinic with low abdominal pain. Bedside point-of-care ultrasound revealed the bilocular echo lucent cystic lesion indicating the dissection of common iliac artery in her pelvis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5bbb1da5bfe43da82ba4fe39a86f0212025-08-20T02:09:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Medical Ultrasound0929-64412212-15522025-01-01331646610.4103/jmu.jmu_136_23Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to PelvisLan-Sin JhangAn-Shine ChaoChih-Wei ChienIsolated pelvic pain caused by aortic dissection is a very uncommon clinical presentation. This life-threatening cardiovascular lesion needs prompt diagnosis and intervention to prevent rupture. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome who presented to our gynecologic clinic with low abdominal pain. Bedside point-of-care ultrasound revealed the bilocular echo lucent cystic lesion indicating the dissection of common iliac artery in her pelvis.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmu.jmu_136_23aortic dissectionmarfan’s syndromepelvic painpointofcare ultrasound |
| spellingShingle | Lan-Sin Jhang An-Shine Chao Chih-Wei Chien Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis Journal of Medical Ultrasound aortic dissection marfan’s syndrome pelvic pain pointofcare ultrasound |
| title | Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis |
| title_full | Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis |
| title_fullStr | Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis |
| title_short | Aortic Aneurysm: Dissection from the Root to Pelvis |
| title_sort | aortic aneurysm dissection from the root to pelvis |
| topic | aortic dissection marfan’s syndrome pelvic pain pointofcare ultrasound |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmu.jmu_136_23 |
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