Acute abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture presenting as transient paralysis of the lower legs: A case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Kamano, Shunya ^a   Yonezawa, Ikuho ^a   Arai, Yasuhisa ^a   Iizuka, Yuou ^a   Kurosawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture; Basket formation; Conus medullaris; Spinal cord ischemia; Transient paralysis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; MALE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AORTIC RUPTURE; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444386891     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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