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FLEETING MONOPARESIS AND AORTIC ARCH ATHEROMA

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Creator Aliyu, Z.Y.
Poon, T.
 
Date 2006-08-24T18:30:32Z
2006-08-24T18:30:32Z
2002-12-31
 
Identifier http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=am02009
Annals of African Medicine (ISSN: 1596-3519) Vol 1 Num 1
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/5011
 
Description A 72-year-old female with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia
presented with alternating numbness, tingling sensations and weakness
of both upper extremities with left shoulder pain. Each episode of
these symptoms lasted about thirty minutes and reoccurred three times
on either side of her upper limbs at about 2 hourly intervals. She had
no associated headache, blurry vision, slurred speech or diplopia. Six
years prior to presentation, she underwent a successful repair of an
unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Significant findings include;
blood pressure of 177/74-mm Hg and a radial pulse rate of 78 beats per
minute, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) of 21, creatinine, and abnormal lipid
profile. Head CT was negative. Chest x-ray showed calcification and
tortuosity of the thoracic aorta. A trans-thoracic echo was negative
for vegetation while trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed a
tortuous thoracic aorta and an ulcerative plaque with an overlying
four-cm irregular mobile thrombus in the aortic arch and several small
mobile clots. The patient treated with aspirin, heparin and placed on
warfarin for one year at target I.N.R of 2.0-3.0. She was symptom free
at one-year follow-up.
 
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Publisher Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto and Annals of African Medicine Society
 
Relation http://www.bioline.org.br/am
 
Rights Copyright 2002 - Annals of African Medicine.
 
Subject Aortic arch, atheroma, fleeting monoparesis
Aortic arch, atheroma, fleeting monoparesis
 
Title FLEETING MONOPARESIS AND AORTIC ARCH ATHEROMA
 
Type journal