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1Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas.
Abstract:
Here we present an 83-year-old woman with truncal pain, hypoxemia, and nausea after a Hymenoptera sting. Due to progressive truncal pain, emergent computed tomography angiography was ordered and confirmed an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection extending from the aortic root and terminating in the left common iliac artery. She was emergently transferred to a quaternary care center and managed surgically. This case highlights anaphylaxis as a unique potential trigger of aortic dissection and the need for a high index of suspicion for early diagnosis.
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