Infrarenal Aortic Occlusion.

The article focuses on the case of a 55 year old female smoker with hyperlipidemia who awoke with an acute onset of bilateral leg numbness and weakness. A discussion of diagnostic testing, including computed tomographic angiography, which was performed on the woman and revealed complete occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta, is presented. A successful treatment strategy that was implemented with the woman, and which included antiplatelet therapy, statin therapy and smoking cessation intervention, is discussed.