title: Aortic Pseudoaneurysm due to Simple Vertebral Compression Fracture Treated with Conservative Management.
abstract: Blunt aortic injures are rarely associated with minimal trauma. We present a 78-year-old man with an aortic pseudoaneurysm resulting from a simple vertebral compression fracture, which was conservatively managed. He was diagnosed with a compression fracture from a minor fall 10 days previously, and fortuitously he visited the hospital after which follow-up computed tomography (CT) for previous multiple aortic surgeries was performed. The enhanced CT revealed a pseudoaneurysm on the abdominal aorta, which was bleeding from a pinhole perforation. He was conservatively treated and follow-up CT 9 months later revealed that the pseudoaneurysm had disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunihide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shirasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
keywords: aortic pseudoaneurysm; compression fracture; conservative management