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USMLE · Question #442
A 55-year-old hypertensive man develops sudden onset of excruciating pain beginning in the anterior chest, and then radiating to the back. Over the next 2 hours, the pain moves downward toward the abd
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A 55-year-old hypertensive man develops sudden onset of excruciating pain beginning in the anterior chest, and then radiating to the back. Over the next 2 hours, the pain moves downward toward the abdomen. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Options
- AAortic dissection
- BSyphilitic aneurysm
- CAortic valve stenosis
- DAtherosclerotic aneurysm
- EMyocardial infarction
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#aortic dissection#hypertension#tearing chest pain#pain migration