Obscure Severe Infrarenal Aortoiliac Stenosis With Severe Transient Lactic Acidosis

• Main Authors: Teerapat Nantsupawat MD (Author), Charoen Mankongpaisarnrung MD (Author), Suthipong Soontrapa MD (Author), Chok Limsuwat MD (Author), Kenneth Nugent MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

A 57-year-old man presented with sudden onset of leg pain, right-sided weakness, aphasia, confusion, drooling, and severe lactic acidosis (15 mmol/L). He had normal peripheral pulses and demonstrated no pain, pallor, poikilothermia, paresthesia, or paralysis. Empiric antibiotics, aspirin, full-dose...