DISSECTING AORTIC-ANEURYSM PRESENTING AS PYREXIA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN - REPORT OF A CASE

We describe herein the case of a 51-year-old woman with a dissecting a neurysm of the aorta who presented with pain in the chest followed by prolonged pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) lasting 6 weeks. Because of the fever associated with a murmur of aortic regurgitation, she was in itially misdiagnosed as having infective endocarditis. This unusual ca se ser,es to remind us that clinicians should bear in mind the possibi lity of aortic dissection in patients presenting with PUO.