Chronic contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing vertebral erosion.

Nguyen Tran ThuyNgoc-Thanh LeQuoc-Hung Doan

Published in: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (2018)

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.

Keyphrases

abdominal aortic aneurysm
computed tomography
aortic aneurysm
chronic pain
neuropathic pain
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance
pain management
drug induced
spinal cord injury
spinal cord