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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2020; 08(06): 184-186
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715468
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A Surprising Cause of Contained Aortic Rupture: Perforation from a Lumbar Osteophyte

Nikolaos Kontopodis
1   Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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Christos V. Ioannou
1   Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

contained aortic rupture - pseudoaneurysm - osteophyte


Publication History

Received: 24 January 2020

Accepted: 20 June 2020

Article published online:
24 March 2021

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