title: A migrated aortic stent graft causing erosive spondylopathy.
abstract: We report about a patient presenting with back pain 4 months after an uneventful endovascular implantation of an aortic stent graft. Computed tomography scan revealed a migration of the stent with consecutive endoleakage, kink formation, and movement of the stent toward the spine, which caused destruction of the aortic wall as well as vertebral necrosis. Explantation of the stent and replacement of the native aorta relieved the patient of his symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany. christopher.gestrich@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gestrich
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Johanniterkrankenhaus Bonn, Johanniterstraße 3-5, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schiller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18