• Am J Emerg Med · Jun 2008

    Case Reports

    Acute aortic dissection with painless paraplegia: report of 2 cases.

    • Can Aktas, Orhan Cinar, Didem Ay, Bengi Gürses, and Hakan Hasmanoglu.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. canaktas@gmail.com
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun 1; 26 (5): 631.e3631.e631005631.e3-5.

    AbstractAcute aortic dissection is often a life-threatening event that usually presents as a sudden, severe, exquisitely painful, ripping sensation in the chest or back. There are a few reports of atypical findings or no pain in the literature. We report 2 patients with painless acute aortic dissection who presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden onset paraplegia.

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