Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture with vertebral erosion presenting with severe refractory back pain in Behçet's disease.
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.
Ahn
Hyung Joon
HJ
Department of Surgery, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. whipple@hanafos.com
Kwon
Se Hwan
SH
Park
Ho Chul
HC
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