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.