title: Penetration by a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm into the lumbar vertebrae: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein the case of a 64-year-old man who underwent urgent surgery for a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with severe lumbago. At surgery, a defect in the posterior wall of the AAA, through which the adjacent lumbar vertebrae was seen after removal of intraluminal thrombi, was encountered with no evidence of blood leakage. This is a rare case of AAA that eroded the posterior wall and exposed the vertebrae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nippon Steel Corporation, Yawata Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mii
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakata
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome