Chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing vertebral erosion

Tran-Thuy Nguyen; Ngoc-Thanh Le; Quoc-Hung Doan

doi:10.1177/0218492318773237

Chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing vertebral erosion

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2019 Jan;27(1):33-35. doi: 10.1177/0218492318773237. Epub 2018 May 2.

Authors

Tran-Thuy Nguyen¹, Ngoc-Thanh Le¹, Quoc-Hung Doan²

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
² 2 Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Viet Duc Hospital, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.

PMID: 29719983
DOI: 10.1177/0218492318773237

Abstract

Erosion of vertebral bodies by an abdominal aortic aneurysm is extremely rare. Chronic contained rupture can cause difficulties in diagnosis because there are many clinical presentations: back pain, sciatic pain, or an expansive abdominal mass. Computed tomography is the gold-standard diagnostic tool. We report the case of a 49-year-old man who suffered from back pain because of a chronic ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Keywords: Aortic aneurysm; Aortic rupture; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; Low back pain; Lumbar vertebrae; Spinal diseases; abdominal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Aortic Rupture / complications*
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Rupture / surgery
Aortography / methods
Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
Back Pain / etiology*
Back Pain / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Chronic Disease
Computed Tomography Angiography
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae* / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedic Procedures
Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Diseases / etiology*
Spinal Diseases / surgery
Treatment Outcome