An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain Seen in the Emergency Room: Isolated Dissection of the Abdominal Aorta in a Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis

Abstract

Isolated abdominal aortic dissection is rare and usually associated with atherosclerosis, hypertension and cigarette smoking. Herein, we report a 35-year-old male patient with isolated abdominal aortic dissection that was associated with disseminated tuberculosis. To our knowledge, this association has not been reported previously.