Pyrexia in patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension: could they have an aortic dissection?

Abstract:

:Aortic dissection can present in a variety of ways and one of the most documented risk factors includes systemic hypertension. Occasionally aortic dissection can be diagnosed late due to an insidious presentation. Fever has been described in people with aortic dissection but rarely as the main presenting feature. We present the cases of two patients with type B aortic dissections who shared three pertinent features which could have alerted the clinicians of the potential diagnosis; systemic hypertension, small left sided pleural effusion and a fever of unknown origin.

journal_name

J Thorac Dis

authors

Patris V,Whiteley J,Argiriou O,Lama N,Georgiou H,Constantinou C,Argiriou M,Charitos C

doi

10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.11.13

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-12-01 00:00:00

pages

E246-8

issue

12

eissn

2072-1439

issn

2077-6624

pii

jtd-06-12-E246

journal_volume

6

pub_type

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