A SCOTTISH SHOWER: A CASE OF PHLEGMASIACERULEA DUE TO AN AORTOCAVAL FISTULA CAUSED BY AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
No. 26 (2018), Case reports
No. 26 (2018)

A SCOTTISH SHOWER: A CASE OF PHLEGMASIACERULEA DUE TO AN AORTOCAVAL FISTULA CAUSED BY AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

Case reports
Published 2021-04-11
Nicolas CAZES
BMPM, Groupement santé, 9 boulevard de Strasbourg, 13233 Marseille
X Demaison
Brigade de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, Service médical d’urgence, 1 place Jules Renard, 75017 Paris
C Bouzad
Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Bégin, Service d’Accueil des Urgences, 69 Avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint Mandé
E Viant
Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Bégin, Service d’Accueil des Urgences, 69 Avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint Mandé
A Puidupin
Direction générale de la santé, Ministère des affaires sociales et de la santé, 14 avenue Duquesne, 75750 Paris
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Keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm
aortocaval fistula
phlegmasiacerulea

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CAZES, N. ., Demaison , X., Bouzad , C., Viant , E., & Puidupin , A. (2021). A SCOTTISH SHOWER: A CASE OF PHLEGMASIACERULEA DUE TO AN AORTOCAVAL FISTULA CAUSED BY AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine, (26), 22-24. Retrieved from http://mjemonline.com/index.php/mjem/article/view/75
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Abstract

The abdominal aortic aneurysm is a rare but life-threatening condition. The most-at-risk population is men aged over 50 years, smokers. This pathology is undetectable until the complications become symptomatic but is often diagnosed too late that’s why its mortality rate is very important, especially when symptoms areatypical or complications are unusual. We report a rare case of phlegmasiacerulea due to an aortocaval fistula caused by an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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