[Prolonged abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture penetrating the lumbar spine]. / Przewlekle pekanie aorty brzusznej z drazeniem do kregoslupa ledzwiowego.

The prevalence of prolonged rupture of aortic aneurysm was estimated in a group of 65 patients operated for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Patients with chronically contained rupture AAA were hemodynamically stable. Contained rupture of an AAA should be considered in patients presenting unexplained back pain and when radiograms suggest the degenerative changes within spine.