Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Mimicking Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Missed Diagnosis

Case Presentation: Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Not every chest pain and epigastric pain equals Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD). In this review we present a 54-yera-old man who presented with persistent chest pain and epigastric pain and had been receiving treatment for presumed PUD. Further evaluation revealed a potentially fatal diagnosis: Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection. This case highlights the importance of entertaining a broad differential diagnosis when evaluating patients with chest pain and upper abdominal pain, especially when symptoms do not respond conventionally.