Open AccessLeaking abdominal aortic aneurysm mimicking ureteric colic: So rare but so real in Middle East
Author(s) -
Tanweer Ahmed Naveed Bhatty,
Qamar Saeed Chaudhry,
Ziauddin Khan,
Ahmed Nabeel Bastawicy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.204177
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , renal colic , emergency department , abdominal aortic aneurysm , radiology , aneurysm , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Aortic aneurysms are very rare in Middle East unlike Europe and America. Therefore, this pathology is very likely to be missed in acute presentation to the Emergency Medicine Department. We present a case of leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm mimicking right ureteric colic, which was missed in the initial assessment.