PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kapoor, Vibhu
AU  - Kanal, Emanuel
AU  - Fukui, Melanie B.
TI  - Vertebral Mass Resulting from a Chronic-Contained Rupture of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Graft
DP  - 2001 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1775--1777
VI  - 22
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/9/1775.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/9/1775.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Oct 01; 22
AB  - Summary: We describe a case of a 63-year-old man with chronic-contained rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the site of prior graft repair of the aneurysm. Initially misinterpreted as osteomyelitis on the basis of CT findings, this chronic-contained rupture of the abdominal aorta eroding the vertebrae was preoperatively diagnosed at MR imaging and confirmed at surgery. A conventional angiogram failed to show the pseudoaneurysm. Owing to a major difference in the management of a contained aortic aneurysm rupture versus that for osteomyelitis, MR imaging with CT or MR angiography is recommended before any operative or invasive procedure.