Penetration by a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm into the lumbar vertebrae:Report of a case

We report herein the case of a 64-year-old man who underwent urgent surgery for a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with severe lumbago. At surgery , a defect in the posterior wall of the AAA, through which the adjacent lum bar vertebrae was seen after removal of intraluminal thrombi, was encounter ed with no evidence of blood leakage. This is a rare case of AAA that erode d the posterior wall and exposed the vertebrae.