Case’s presentation
A 63-year-old women previously suffering from arterial hypertension and
obesity , came to the Emergency Department because consult for abdominal
pain of gravity type evolving for about 3 months, occurring during a
lifting of a bucket of water, followed by orthostatic palpitations of
sudden onset, of great intensity and a loss of consciousness with sudden
remission.
The evolution was marked by loss of consciousness on 3 occasions, and
pain with sensation of a pulsating mass in the left flank, which have
motivated the consultation at the General Hospital of Reference Dr. Rau
Ciriri where a diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm was made and a
transfer to the General Hospital of Reference of Fomulac was decided for
better management. We managed the patient by performing an open sky
surgical repair y using an endoprothesis and she recovered without
complications.