Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: October-December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 30-32
Acute Aortic Dissection Presenting with Hemiplegia
Srinivas Soma, Sudheer Venkata Bolinera, Sanivarapu Srinivasa Reddy, Vijaya Pamidimukkala, Michael Naronha, Deepti Gali, Vikas Somnath Khamkar, Muralibaburao Rachaputi, Anurag Polavarapu, Naren Polavarapu, Sirichandana Gangasani, Sravanthi Byrapaneni, Meghana Chilukuri, Raghava Sarma Polavarapu
Lalitha Super Specialities Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Raghava Sarma Polavarapu
ABSTRACT
The tear in the intimal layer of aorta is termed as aortic dissection. Aortic dissection is a severe, life threatening condition usually requiring emergency medical treatment or intervention. There are no specific symptoms and presentation can differ according to severity and extent of dissection. The incidence of aortic dissection is rare and presence of neurological symptoms is even rarer. Here, we present a case of a 62 year old female who presented with severe chest pain and weakness in left side of the body.
Keywords: aortic dissection; CT aortogram; hemiplegia