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A Surprising Cause of Contained Aortic Rupture: Perforation from a Lumbar Osteophyte

We describe a patient with contained aortic rupture due to perforation from a protruding lumbar osteophyte, who was treated by open surgery. This case underlines that less common aortic pathologies are possible, which require a high suspicion index to be diagnosed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kontopodis, Nikolaos, Ioannou, Christos V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33761564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1715468

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