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.