Unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm mimicking hip joint disease

Smith, D.L.; Campbell, S.M.

Journal of Rheumatology 14(1): 172-173

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X
PMID: 3572921
Document Number: 288057
A 66-year-old man with an 8-month history of progressive left hip pain was found to have a large unruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm. The hip pain abated after aneurysm repair. His clinical picture suggested that the hip pain was caused by aneurysmal sac encroachment upon a nerve branch of the lumbar plexus. We report this previously unrecognized association to heighten awareness of this atypical but potentially life threatening cause of hip pain.

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