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A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with upper abdominal pain and bloody vomiting. An abdominal aneurysm compressed the third portion of the duodenum and the second portion of duodenum was distended with thickened walls as in superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Endoscopic examination
BACKGROUND
Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) carries a reported mortality rate in the range of 32-95%. Survival requires prompt diagnosis and surgical management. The presenting features, however, are varied, often insidious and potentially misleading with Osler noting nearly 100 years
A 92-year-old man who had been hospitalized for dementia developed sudden-onset bilious vomiting accompanied by a fever of 40 degrees C. Physical examination revealed an 8 cm diameter pulsatile mass in the upper abdomen. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a huge infrarenal saccular
The superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is an uncommon finding, especially when occurring after open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Very few cases have been previously reported in the literature. The underlying anatomic mechanism as well as a better way to manage this complication
Perigraft seroma is a rare complication after open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. We successfully treated large seroma after expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) aortobiiliac graft repair endovascularly. The patient was an 81-year-old lady with the history of five times laparotomy. She
A 76-year-old male was admitted to hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain, constipation, nausea and vomiting. The patient had undergone stent graft placement of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) at another hospital 13 months prior to admission. An X-ray, computed tomography scan and
Aortic dissection is one of the most common aortic emergencies affecting around 2000 Americans each year. It usually presents in the acute state but in a small percentage of patients aortic dissections go unnoticed and these patients survive without any adequate therapy. With recent advances in
An aged male with a known history of abdominal aortic aneurysm suffered from epigastralgia, vomiting and cold sweating for one day. According to the physical examination, serum amylase level and computed tomographic examination, acute pancreatitis was diagnosed. Surgical intervention for the
Missing a leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is common in medical practice because few at-risk patients have a history of AAA and many have an unusual presentation.AAA is less common among Asians than white Caucasians of the same age. Our patient had A case of leaking mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm is reported, with a brief review of the literature. A 58 year old female presented with shoulder and abdominal pain associated with diarrhoea, vomiting and fever with leucocytosis. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed pooling of contrast in
A 65-year-old man had a 3-day history of sore throat, fever, rigors, back pain, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient's daughter had group A streptococcus pharyngitis. The patient was found to have a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He underwent resection of the
Aortic aneurysms are not commonly reported among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report a case of a 47-year-old Filipino female diagnosed with SLE 17 years ago maintained on prolonged oral steroids, azathioprine, and hydroxychloroquine. She also had lupus nephritis, secondary
A 6-year-old-boy presented with epigastric pain and vomiting over 1 year. Chest X-ray and esophagogastric transit showed a mediastinal mass. A chest computerized tomography angiogram demonstrated a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Analytical determinations carried out were all negative. The
Pheochromocytomas have been described in association with rare vascular abnormalities, most common of them being renal artery stenosis. A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of headache, sweating, anxiety, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and severe hypertension. For the last
Duodenal obstruction caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm was first described by Osler in 1905 and is named "aortoduodenal syndrome." This condition has always been treated by open surgical repair. We report the first case of aortoduodenal syndrome successfully treated by endovascular aneurysm