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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Main Authors: Lan-Sin Jhang, An-Shine Chao, Chih-Wei Chien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Ultrasound
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmu.jmu_136_23
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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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