Delayed infrarenal aortic pseudoaneurysm treated by endovascular stent graft in pyogenic spondylitis

Asian Spine J. 2013 Dec;7(4):345-50. doi: 10.4184/asj.2013.7.4.345. Epub 2013 Nov 28.

Abstract

A 61-year-old male patient with pyogenic spondylodiscitis and epidural and psoas abscesses underwent posterior decompression, debridement, and instrumented fusion, followed by anterior debridement and reconstruction. Sudden onset flank pain was diagnosed 7 weeks postoperatively and was determined to be a pseudoaneurysm located at the aorta inferior to the renal artery and superior to the aortic bifurcation area. An endovascular stent graft was applied to successfully treat the pseudoaneurysm. Postoperative recovery was uneventful and infection status was stabilized.

Keywords: Endovascular procedure; False aneurysm; Spondylitis; Stents.