Infectious or noninfectious? Ruptured, thrombosed inflammatory aortic aneurysm with spondylolysis

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2013 Jun;36(3):839-43. doi: 10.1007/s00270-012-0464-3. Epub 2012 Sep 13.

Abstract

Osteolysis of vertebrae due to inflammatory aortic aneurysm is rarely observed. However, it is estimated that up to 10 % of infectious aneurysms coexist with bone tissue destruction, most commonly the vertebrae. Inflammatory aneurysms with no identified infection factor, along with infiltration of adjacent muscle and in particular extensive destruction of bone tissue have rarely been described in the literature. A case of inflammatory aneurysm with posterior wall rupture and inflammatory infiltration of the iliopsoas muscle and spine, together with extensive vertebral body destruction, is presented. The aneurysm was successfully treated with endovascular aneurysm repair EVAR.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery*
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods*
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Spondylolysis / diagnostic imaging
  • Spondylolysis / etiology*
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed