title: Successful emergency stenting of acute ruptured false iliac aneurysm.
abstract: A 75-year-old man complaining of acute abdominal pain, 1 month after elective surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by an aortabi-iliac bypass graft, was referred and admitted to the emergency room. Imaging by sonography and computed tomography scan revealed a ruptured iliac pseudoaneurysm at the right iliac anastomotic site with associated large retroperitoneal hematoma. We inserted a self-expanding covered Z-stent graft by a transfemoral approach and the iliac anastomotic pseudoaneurysm was successfully excluded. Our case demonstrates the possibilities of an endovascular approach for providing a fast, efficient and less aggravating procedure in order to treat these life-threatening conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekse weg 60, 5022 GC, Tilburg, The Netherlands. ebierd@elisabeth.nl
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bierdrager
authors.forename: Paul N M
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Lohle
authors.forename: Cees M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Schoemaker
authors.forename: Leo E H
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lampmann
authors.forename: Dennis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: van Berge Henegouwen
authors.forename: Jaap F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hamming
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents