PMID: 3773134Nov 1, 1986Paper

Sealed rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm imitating metastatic carcinoma

Journal of Vascular Surgery
R CarruthersP Brown

Abstract

We report the case of a 53-year-old man in whom rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with a large retroperitoneal hematoma caused pressure erosion and destruction of lumbar vertebrae. The bone destruction was thought to represent metastasis from a bronchogenic carcinoma. Only after 18 months of gradual clinical deterioration with presumed metastatic cancer to the lumbar spine was the true nature of his disease recognized. After the ruptured aortic aneurysm was repaired, rapid recovery occurred and the retroperitoneal hematoma gradually was resorbed.

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Jun 1, 1997·Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica·O RobertssonR Onnerfält
Jan 1, 1996·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·M P GrevittR C Mulholland
Aug 11, 2007·Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine·Toshinori SakaiNatsuo Yasui

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