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Aneurysm of abdominal aorta in a young woman aged 27 years
2 Medico-Surgical Emergency Service of Donka, Republic National Hospital of Guinea, Republic of Guinea
Received: 01-Jul-2019 Accepted Date: Aug 22, 2019; Published: 30-Aug-2019
Citation: Sory BI, Abdoulaye C, Aly S, et al. Aneurysm of abdominal aorta in a young woman aged 27 years. Clin Cardiol J. 2019;3(1):25-26.
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Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this study is to describe abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 27-year-old hypertensive woman.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 27-year-old female, hypertensive housewife, since 1 year and seen for palpitations, epigastric pain, headache, buzzing ears. Evolution: 1 month. Cardiovascular risk factor: hypertension. Cardiac Auscultation, BDC regular at 100 bpm with a B2 flush at the aortic focus. 170/100 mmHg blood pressure with both arms. Soft abdomen with a moving painful moving mass sitting at the epigastrium whose auscultation finds a systolic diastolic murmur. The rest of the exam is peculiar.
Conclusion: Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta is a pathology rarely diagnosed in our environment and yet frequently associated with atheroma risk factors. It must be suspected in front of a pulsatile abdominal mass to be confirmed by abdominal ultrasound. Thus, the ideal treatment remains surgical.
