Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions VASCULAR SURGERY Case #3 - A 65 year old with a pulsatile abdominal mass DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 3.) How can you differentiate this mass clinically from some other mass? How can you tell that the pulsatile mass is not just a transmitted aortic pulse in a thin patient? The pulsatile nature of the mass differentiates it from other abdominal masses. In a thin person, feeling lateral pulsation of the mass on exam may differentiate from transmitted pulsation.
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