A 76-year-old man presented to the emergency department four hours after the onset of colic pain in the left flank and genital irradiation. Three hours after being discharged with diagnosis of non complicated renal colic, he came back presenting symptoms and signs of shock. Laboratory evaluation revealed leukocytosis, anemia, hematuria and elevated serum creatinine. Two abdominal ultrasonographies were performed with no demonstration of specific pathology. Eventually, a Computed Tomography was needed to confirm the diagnosis of complicated hypogastric artery aneurysm. Several conditions may mimic renal colic caused by lithiasis such as ectopic pregnancy, intestinal obstruction, acute mesenteric ischemia, pyelonephritis, aortic aneurysm, etc...
Varón de 71 años que ingresa por aumento progresivo de disnea y edematización de miembros inferiores...
An aneurysm is an abnormal dilation or irreversible bulging of a portion of an artery, due to locali...
The Acute Aortic Syndrome (ASS) imposes a diagnosis challenge for emergency physicians. Its very var...
Life-Threatening abdominal pain is a common condition in emergency departments and it is associated ...
El aneurisma es una dilatación permanente de una arteria que presenta, al menos, el 50% de aumento d...
ResumenPresentamos el caso de un paciente de 73 años diagnosticado de un aneurisma de aorta abdomina...
A 60-year-old man who entered Internal Medicine ward due to acute abdominal pain, detected in abdomi...
The patient was admitted to hospital presenting an abdominal pain localized in the epigastrium, with...
Clinical. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure association. O...
There are pathologies such as aortic aneurysms, penetrating ulcers and murine haematomas that, witho...
67 years-old man with cardiovascular risk factors. He presents left low-back pain, days after comple...
Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de um homem de 39 anos de idade com antecedentes de pancreatite...
The authors report the case of a 14-year old male seen at the adult emergency room at Hospital da Re...
We present the case of an 84-year-old man with a high burden of vascular disease who, in the context...
A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder in a diabetic female patient is reported. It is a r...
Varón de 71 años que ingresa por aumento progresivo de disnea y edematización de miembros inferiores...
An aneurysm is an abnormal dilation or irreversible bulging of a portion of an artery, due to locali...
The Acute Aortic Syndrome (ASS) imposes a diagnosis challenge for emergency physicians. Its very var...
Life-Threatening abdominal pain is a common condition in emergency departments and it is associated ...
El aneurisma es una dilatación permanente de una arteria que presenta, al menos, el 50% de aumento d...
ResumenPresentamos el caso de un paciente de 73 años diagnosticado de un aneurisma de aorta abdomina...
A 60-year-old man who entered Internal Medicine ward due to acute abdominal pain, detected in abdomi...
The patient was admitted to hospital presenting an abdominal pain localized in the epigastrium, with...
Clinical. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure association. O...
There are pathologies such as aortic aneurysms, penetrating ulcers and murine haematomas that, witho...
67 years-old man with cardiovascular risk factors. He presents left low-back pain, days after comple...
Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de um homem de 39 anos de idade com antecedentes de pancreatite...
The authors report the case of a 14-year old male seen at the adult emergency room at Hospital da Re...
We present the case of an 84-year-old man with a high burden of vascular disease who, in the context...
A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder in a diabetic female patient is reported. It is a r...
Varón de 71 años que ingresa por aumento progresivo de disnea y edematización de miembros inferiores...
An aneurysm is an abnormal dilation or irreversible bulging of a portion of an artery, due to locali...
The Acute Aortic Syndrome (ASS) imposes a diagnosis challenge for emergency physicians. Its very var...