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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Acute testicular pain secondary to a leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
  1. Taufiq Khan1,
  2. Anver Mahomed1,2,
  3. Brijanand Ghoorun1,2,
  4. Haider Ali1,2
  1. 1Intensive Care Unit, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
  2. 2Intensive Care Unit, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, England, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Taufiq Khan, taufiqkhan{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

We present the case of a 56-year-old male smoker with a background of hypertension who presented with acute onset right testicular pain secondary to a leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm. Following urgent surgical repair and a complicated intensive care recovery, the patient was discharged with no residual disability. This case highlights an atypical presentation of what is a devastating illness.

  • vascular surgery
  • intensive care

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226577

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors TK wrote the manuscript, gained patient consent and assisted in the literature search.AM assisted in the write-up of the manuscript, in particular the details surrounding the aneurysm repair. AM also reviewed the final manuscript. BG assisted in the write-up of the manuscript, in particular the details surrounding the intensive care admission. BG also reviewed the final manuscript. HA assisted in the write-up of the manuscript and with the literature search. HA also reviewed the final manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests Vascular and pediatric surgery.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.