Successful emergency stenting of acute ruptured false iliac aneurysm

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2002 Jan-Feb;25(1):72-3. doi: 10.1007/s00270-001-0084-9. Epub 2002 Jan 17.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man complaining of acute abdominal pain, 1 month after elective surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by an aortabi-iliac bypass graft, was referred and admitted to the emergency room. Imaging by sonography and computed tomography scan revealed a ruptured iliac pseudoaneurysm at the right iliac anastomotic site with associated large retroperitoneal hematoma. We inserted a self-expanding covered Z-stent graft by a transfemoral approach and the iliac anastomotic pseudoaneurysm was successfully excluded. Our case demonstrates the possibilities of an endovascular approach for providing a fast, efficient and less aggravating procedure in order to treat these life-threatening conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Humans
  • Iliac Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Stents*