Endovascular treatment of an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a late complication of inferior vena cava filter placement

J Vasc Surg. 2006 Jun;43(6):1278-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.025.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms of abdominal aorta after inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement are uncommon, with associated morbidity and mortality. We report a case in which an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm resulted from erosion of a Bird's Nest (Cook, Bloomington, IN) IVC filter into the wall of the abdominal aorta. A 64-year-old woman with an IVC filter placed 10 years prior presented to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed a 1.4-cm x 2.0-cm infrarenal aortic pseudoaneurysm adjacent to the IVC filter site. A Zenith endograft (Cook) was used via an open femoral artery exposure to successfully treat the pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Aorta, Abdominal / injuries
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*