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Frank's sign with acute aortic dissection
Author(s) -
Nishiori Hironobu,
Watanabe Hiroyuki,
Hirano Yuichi,
Otsu Masayoshi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5625
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , sign (mathematics) , computed tomography , chest pain , radiology , coronary artery disease , dissection (medical) , back pain , cardiology , surgery , aorta , pathology , mathematical analysis , alternative medicine , mathematics
A 59‐year‐old man with a long smoking history presented with sudden back pain. Frank's sign was noticed in his bilateral ears, and computed tomography revealed Stanford type A acute aortic dissection. If young patients have Frank's sign, attention should be paid to aortic disease in addition to coronary artery disease.

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