Aortic Aneurysm Eroding into the Spine

T. Konrad Rajab; Miriam W. Beyene; Farhang Yazdchi; Matthew T. Menard

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1669416

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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2018; 06(02): 068-069
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1669416

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Aortic Aneurysm Eroding into the Spine

Authors

T. Konrad Rajab

¹Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Miriam W. Beyene

²Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Farhang Yazdchi

¹Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Matthew T. Menard

¹Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract

Aortic aneurysms are usually asymptomatic until catastrophic rupture occurs. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms classically present with acute back pain, shock, and a pulsatile abdominal mass. The natural history of some aortic aneurysms also includes a stage of contained rupture. This occurs when extravasation of blood from the ruptured aneurysm is contained by surrounding tissues. Here, the authors report the case of a chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture that resulted in erosion of the spine.

Keywords

aortic aneurysm - rupture - contained rupture - surgery

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