title: Chronic contained rupture of aortic aneurysm with thoracic vertebral erosion.
abstract: A 66-year-old man was transferred to our hospital with the diagnosis of a large thoracoabdominal aneurysm. Computed tomography showed thoracic vertebral erosion, suggesting a chronic contained rupture. He was hemodynamically stable with no neurological complication preoperatively. He underwent successful surgical replacement of the descending aorta. During surgery, the 6th and 7th thoracic vertebral bones adjacent to the thoracic aneurysm were found to be eroded. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan sancho1977@aol.com.
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Eijiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Aortic aneurysm; aortic rupture; spinal diseases; thoracic; thoracic vertebrae