title: An unusual cause of back pain in a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. A case report.
abstract: A case of a 50-year-old man with chronic back pain, an abdominal aortic aneurysm and bony erosion of the lumbar spine due to a chondrosarcoma is reported. This report shows that the lumbar erosion seen in association with an aneurysm is unlikely to be a result of pressure erosion of the spine by the aneurysm, and that an extensive metastatic and septic work-up is required in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgical Unit, Johannesburg Hospital.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Veller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds