Undiagnosed scleroderma in a patient with a difficult airway |
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Authors: | GJ Kanter PG Barash |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Terapie Avanzate, University of Ferrara, Italy. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: We report one case of symptomatic aneurysm of infrarenal abdominal aorta in a patient symptomatic for acute abdomen. METHODS: The patient was accepted at the Emergency Care Unit and the routine admission tests were taken. US of the abdomen revealed a (SVI) disposition of the organs and an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries. Patient underwent an aorto-aortic straight graft CONCLUSIONS: In this case-report we show SVI cannot be considered a problem in the surgical treatment of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms. |
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