Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Jun 2020)

Lower extremity weakness as the first sign of an abdominal aortic aneurysm

  • Caleb Baz Figueroa, MD,
  • Alejandro Delgado Molinos, MD,
  • Octavio de la Torre Scherak, MD,
  • Ángel López Castillo, MD,
  • Juan Carlos Moy Petersen, MD,
  • Francisco José Farrais Expósito, MD,
  • Jose Carlos Cruz Arteaga, MD,
  • Raúl Portas Gómez, MD,
  • Jose Antonio Pérez Gómez, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 221 – 223

Abstract

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Giant aortic aneurysms are rare entities with a high mortality, and only a few cases have been described. Spinal cord ischemia secondary to an aortic aneurysm occurs even more rarely. We present the case of a giant aneurysm of the infrarenal abdominal aorta that was initially manifested through bilateral lower limb weakness.

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