title: Late type III endoleak from fabric tears of a zenith stent graft: report of a case.
abstract: We report a case of late type III B endoleak from a fabric tear in the main body of a Zenith bifurcated stent-graft approximately 19 months after implantation. A follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan showed gradual growth in the size of the aneurysm, but no apparent endoleak was recognized. However, the CT scan had demonstrated a mosaic pattern in the aneurysm sac, which could indicate an endoleak from a fabric tear. The defect was repaired by implantation of body extensions, but the patient died 5 h after the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. hbanno@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Banno
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morimae
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kiyohito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komori
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D057867:Endoleak / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed