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.