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Case Reports
. 2019 Jan;27(1):33-35.
doi: 10.1177/0218492318773237. Epub 2018 May 2.

Chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing vertebral erosion

Tran-Thuy Nguyen  1 , Ngoc-Thanh Le  1 , Quoc-Hung Doan  2
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Chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing vertebral erosion

Tran-Thuy Nguyen et al. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2019 Jan.

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.

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