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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Presenting With Focal Weakness And Altered Mental Status: A Case Report., Brigid M Garrity, Eric Sugarman, Stephen Pulley
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Presenting With Focal Weakness And Altered Mental Status: A Case Report., Brigid M Garrity, Eric Sugarman, Stephen Pulley
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BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) can present asymptomatically and may be found through routine screening or seen incidentally on imaging. Rupture due to weaking of the aortic wall is the main complication of an AAA and leads to approximately 200,000 deaths annually worldwide. Clinically, AAA rupture most frequently presents with abdominal and/or back pain, pulsatile abdominal mass, and hypotension. Here, we present an unusual presentation of embolic cerebrovascular accident associated with an AAA rupture.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 58-year-old African American man transported to the emergency department via ambulance presents with altered mental status and unilateral extremity weakness. The initial presentation …