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ArticleCureus2022

Penetrating Aortic Ulceration With Pseudoaneurysm and Intramural Hematoma: Emergency Department Management and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis.

Derrick Huang, Alexander Huttleston, Frank Fraunfelter, Leoh N Leon, Latha Ganti

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Derrick HuangEmergency Medicine, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, USA.
Alexander HuttlestonEmergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Ocala, USA.
Frank FraunfelterEmergency Medicine, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, USA.
Leoh N LeonEmergency Medicine, Osceola Regional Medical Center, Orlando, USA.
Latha GantiEmergency Medicine, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU) complicated by an intramural hematoma is a rare and potentially life-threatening emergency department (ED) presentation that is defined by progressive ulceration through the intima layer into the media layer of the aorta. Symptomatic PAUs can be clinically indistinguishable from other life-threatening pathologies such as aortic dissection, acute coronary syndrome (ACS), intrabdominal catastrophes as well as less lethal processes such as musculoskeletal back pain. Given the potential of PAUs to result in lethal aortic rupture and dissection, the emergency provider should maintain a high index of suspicion in patients with risk factors for aortic pathologies and utilize diagnostic modalities such as point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to expedite diagnosis.

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aortic dissectionaortic injuryaortic ulcerationemergency medicineperipheral arterial disease

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PMID36060360
PMCPMC9427664

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