title: Successful endovascular treatment of infrarenal aortic rupture after chemotherapy of a mesenchymal periaortic tumor.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the first successful endovascular repair of a non-aneurysmal aortic rupture due to periaortic tumour regression.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 58-year-old man developed spontaneous infrarenal aortic rupture following chemotherapy which led to regression of a periaortic mesothelioma that had been diagnosed during explorative laparotomy 11 months earlier. Stent-graft placement was performed with intentional conversion of a bifurcated (Zenith, COOK) into an aorto-uni-iliac system. No complications were encountered during a 40 months follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular repair should be considered as a treatment option in non-aneurysmal aortic rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Franziskus-Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany. rir-chirurgie@franziskus-berlin.de
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Rückert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirlich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rogalla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents