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Felix Wehking¹, Jan-Christoph Lewejohann¹, Florian Buerckenmeyer²

¹Department of Emergency Medicine Jena University Hospital Jena Germany.

Clinical case reports

|September 5, 2025

Resumen

Los algoritmos de la medicina de emergencia pueden pasar por alto a los pacientes con síntomas raros. Este informe de caso detalla un paciente mayor que inicialmente se presentó con problemas gastrointestinales que finalmente fue diagnosticado con disección aórtica aguda, enfatizando la necesidad de considerar presentaciones atípicas.

Área de la Ciencia:

Medicina de emergencia
Cirugía cardiovascular
Diagnóstico médico

Sus antecedentes:

Los flujos de trabajo del departamento de emergencias (ED) a menudo dependen de algoritmos y herramientas.
Estos sistemas pueden pasar por alto a los pacientes con síntomas inusuales, potencialmente perdiendo diagnósticos críticos.
Las poblaciones de pacientes vulnerables pueden presentar signos atípicos de enfermedades potencialmente mortales.

Objetivo del estudio:

Informar de un caso de disección aórtica aguda presentándose atípicamente en una paciente de edad avanzada.
Para resaltar los desafíos en el diagnóstico de enfermedades raras en entornos de emergencia de ritmo rápido.
Hacer hincapié en la importancia de considerar las presentaciones no clásicas en la medicina de emergencia.

Principales métodos:

Informe de caso de una paciente de unos 70 años.
Presentación inicial con vómitos y diarrea después de una dieta indiscreta.
Curso clínico y diagnóstico en el departamento de emergencias.
Intervención quirúrgica y seguimiento postoperatorio.

Principales resultados:

El paciente, inicialmente estable, desarrolló un curso dinámico que requirió una investigación adicional.
El diagnóstico de disección aórtica aguda fue confirmado.
Se realizó con éxito un reemplazo de arco aórtico de emergencia.
Recuperación postoperatoria insignificante y un año de seguimiento.

Conclusiones:

Pueden presentarse presentaciones atípicas de disección aórtica aguda, incluso con síntomas gastrointestinales iniciales.
La vigilancia y un diagnóstico diferencial amplio son cruciales en la medicina de emergencia, especialmente para los pacientes ancianos.
El cumplimiento de los protocolos de diagnóstico debe equilibrarse con el juicio clínico para evitar errores de diagnóstico.

Palabras clave:

la aorta situaciones de emergencia tomografía ecografía procedimientos quirúrgicos vasculares

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