title: Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture with vertebral erosion presenting with severe refractory back pain in Behçet's disease.
abstract: Behçet's disease is a chronic recurrent inflammatory disorder that affects many organs. A 48-year-old man with known Behçet's disease was admitted to the emergency department with aggravating severe back pain and left lower quadrant pain. A contained rupture of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was discovered with a maximum diameter of 10 cm. The patient's severe back pain was due to erosion of the third lumbar vertebra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. whipple@hanafos.com
authors.forename: Hyung Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Se Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Ho Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome