Bilateral Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm, a Case Report

doi:https://doi.org/10.21980/J83S73

Bilateral Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm, a Case Report

Laura Kolster, DO^*, Danielle Biggs, MD^*, Amy Patwa, DO^* and Michael Gerardi, MD^*

^*Morristown Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morristown, NJ

Correspondence should be addressed to Laura Kolster, DO at laura.b.kolster@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J83S73 Issue 5:1

Abdominal/Gastroenterology Cardiology/Vascular Visual EM

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ABSTRACT:

Patient is a 72-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and hypertension. Through bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), patient was found to have markedly enlarged bilateral iliac artery aneurysms with signs of impending rupture, which was confirmed on computed tomography (CT) angiogram of the abdomen/pelvis. Patient was immediately taken to the operating room for emergent repair of aneurysm, and was discharged from the hospital the next day. Point-of-care ultrasound is critical in diagnosis and guiding treatment in patients in the emergency department and should be considered in those with undifferentiated abdominal pain.