Vasquez Jay, Poultsides George A, Lorenzo A Cecilia, Foster John E, Drezner A David, Gallagher James
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102, USA.
J Vasc Surg. 2003 Oct;38(4):836-9. doi: 10.1016/s0741-5214(03)00557-3.
Penetrating atheromatous ulceration of the infrarenal aorta is a rare entity. There are few reported cases of this lesion, and most of the published data is in regards to the thoracic aorta. Spontaneous rupture of a nonaneurysmal noninfected atherosclerotic infrarenal aorta is a rare event. We report the eleventh case of this occurrence and present the first reported case of endovascular stent-graft placement in treating this entity. We review the literature regarding ulcerative disease of the aorta and specifically discuss the published data on spontaneous rupture of the nondilated, noninfected infrarenal aorta secondary to penetrating atheromatous ulceration.
