RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vertebral Mass Resulting from a Chronic-Contained Rupture of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Graft
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1775
OP 1777
VO 22
IS 9
A1 Kapoor, Vibhu
A1 Kanal, Emanuel
A1 Fukui, Melanie B.
YR 2001
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/9/1775.abstract
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.