ArticleCase reports in medicine2013
Slowly progressive and painless thoracic aortic dissection presenting with a persistent Fever in an elderly patient: the usefulness of combined measurement of biochemical parameters.
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- Fever of unknown origin in aortic dissection.Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2017Pooled it
- Ascending aortic dissection presented as inferior myocardial infarction: a clinical and diagnostic mimicry.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
- Pyrexia in patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension: could they have an aortic dissection?Journal of thoracic disease · 2014Article
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Abstract
Aortic dissection is a fatal medical condition that requires urgent diagnosis and appropriate intervention. Because acute aortic dissection often manifests as sudden onset excruciating chest pain, physicians can easily reach a proper diagnosis. However, some patients with aortic dissection present with varied clinical manifestations without exhibiting typical chest pain, leading to a delayed diagnosis and possible fatality. We herein present the case of an elderly subject with a fever of unknown origin who was ultimately diagnosed with aortic dissection. In the present case, a negative procalcitonin test, increased D-dimer and serum creatinine phosphokinase-BB levels, and reelevation of the CPR level led us to the correct diagnosis.
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