Acute Aortic Dissection Presenting Exclusively as Lower Extremity Paresthesias

History of Present Illness: A 45-year-old male presented with left-lower extremity numbness for 3 hours. He denied chest pain, shortness of breath, back pain, or pain to his leg. On physical examination, he was noted to have a normal cardiac exam without murmurs and normal breath sounds, but had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryan Gibney, Jonathan Patane, Steven Bunch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://jetem.org/aortic_dissection/