[Traumatic aortic rupture in ankylosing spondylitis--a fatal complication]

K Tiesenhausen; M Thalhammer; G Koch; P Schleifer

doi:10.1007/s001130170025

[Traumatic aortic rupture in ankylosing spondylitis--a fatal complication]

Unfallchirurg. 2001 Nov;104(11):1101-3. doi: 10.1007/s001130170025.

[Article in German]

Authors

K Tiesenhausen¹, M Thalhammer, G Koch, P Schleifer

Affiliation

¹ Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Ostereich.

PMID: 11760342
DOI: 10.1007/s001130170025

Abstract

Fractures of the spine represent a severe complication particularly in patients with ankylosing spondylitis because of high morbidity and mortality. We report on a patient with a hyperextension fracture of the lumbar spine, leading to disruption of the aorta and caval vein.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal / injuries*
Aorta, Abdominal / pathology
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Rupture / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries*
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
Spinal Fractures / pathology
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / complications*
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnostic imaging
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Vena Cava, Inferior / injuries
Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology