The elderly are one of the highest-risk patient populations faced by the emergency physician
(EP). Baum et al [1] found that the elderly patient who had abdominal pain created the most …

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is a surgical emergency with a high mortality rate even
when diagnosed and repaired immediately. We retrospectively reviewed 152 cases of …

Study Design. Case report and review of literature. Objective. To highlight the specific
features of a rare, life-threatening, clinical picture. Summary of Background Data. Vertebral …

Four cases among the 149 patients who required repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) during the last five years, were chronic contained rupture. The first symptom …

Purpose To assess the CT features of sealed rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Patients
and methods We reviewed the CT scans of six index cases obtained over a 3 year period …

Aortic catastrophes kill approximately 16,000 people each year in the United States [1].
Aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta and complications of aortic dissections …

A 63-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 4-month history of low back pain associated
with bilateral intermittent claudication. A contrast enhanced CT scan demonstrated a 4 cm …

Over 95% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) rupture into the retroperitoneal space.
Rare types of AAA ruptures comprise ruptures into the inferior vena cava with aortocaval …

Chronic, contained rupture of aortic aneurysms is an important subset of ruptured
aneurysms. Their presentation is unusual, and the diagnosis may be delayed. The …

We describe a case of a 63-year-old man with chronic-contained rupture of an abdominal
aortic aneurysm at the site of prior graft repair of the aneurysm. Initially misinterpreted as …