title: Lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm as a late complication of osteomyelitis with vertebral body destruction.
abstract: We report the case of a 79-year-old patient whose acute back pain revealed a 9-cm nonruptured lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm occurring 5 years after a vertebral body osteomyelitis that induced a significant vertebral destruction. She underwent an urgent percutaneous selective arterial embolization. Lumbar artery false aneurysm should, thus, be suspected as a possible etiology of any new painful symptoms in patients suffering from a chronic vertebral destructive disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Bichat University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. Electronic address: dedehegp@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomescot
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dallaudiere
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zurlinden
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manelfe
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001158:Arteries; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome