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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://jetem.org/aortic_dissection/ |