title: Endovascular treatment of postlaminectomy aortic pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: Aortic pseudoaneurysm following lumbar laminectomy is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. We report a case of a 49-year-old female patient who developed a pulsatile abdominal mass and pain following a lumbar laminectomy procedure. An aortic pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed which was successfully treated with endovascular stent-graft exclusion. This report represents the first case of endovascular exclusion of a laminectomy-related aortic pseudoaneurysm. Physicians should be aware of this complication in patients who developed abdominal pulsatile mass with pain following lumbar laminectomy procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Adeyiza O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Momoh
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Barshes
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kougias
authors.forename: Tam T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome