AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF BACK PAIN IN A PATIENT WITH AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM

Authors
MASON RJ LUND RJ CHUNG TS VELLER MG
Citation
Rj. Mason et al., AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF BACK PAIN IN A PATIENT WITH AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM, South African Journal of Surgery, 33(4), 1995, pp. 167-169
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
South African Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00382361
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
167 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-2361(1995)33:4<167:AUCOBP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A case of a 50-year-old man with chronic back pain, an abdominal aorti c aneurysm and bony erosion of the lumbar spine due to a chondrosarcom a is reported. This report shows that the lumbar erosion seen in assoc iation with an aneurysm is unlikely to be a result of pressure erosion of the spine by the aneurysm, and that an extensive metastatic and se ptic work-up is required in such patients.