Aortic Pseudoaneurysm due to Simple Vertebral Compression Fracture Treated with Conservative Management
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- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- Published by The Editorial Committee of Annals of Vascular Diseases in Annals of Vascular Diseases
- Vol. 9 (4) , 349-351
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.Keywords
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