title: [A case report of spontaneous rupture of bilateral lumbar artery in a patient with von Recklinghausen disease].
abstract: Vascular complications in von Recklinghausen disease are rare, especially spontaneous rupture of a major artery. A 50-year-old man with previously diagnosed neurofibromatosis was admitted because of spontaneous rt-sided lumbago, paresthesia in rt-lower limb and severe anemia. Angiographic studies, CT and MRI revealed pseudo-aneurysm of bilateral lumbar arteries, which ruptured into the psoas muscle. Both arteries were ligated and hematoma was removed. The pathogenesis of the spontaneous rupture is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka General Hospital, West Japan Railway Company.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakae
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akimoto
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous