Acute paraplegia as a presentation of acute aortic occlusion
Acute aortic occlusion is kk205 a rare life-threatening event.We present a case of a heavy smoking, 54-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency room with sudden paraplegia, associated to severe lower back and lower limbs pain.A neurologic examination showed paralysis of the lower limbs and cold lower extremities.The pedal and femoral pulses w