Vertebral mass resulting from a chronic-contained rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair graft. |
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Authors: | V Kapoor E Kanal M B Fukui |
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Institution: | Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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