PMID- 34737100 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220805 LR - 20220822 IS - 1878-8769 (Electronic) IS - 1878-8750 (Linking) VI - 158 DP - 2022 Feb TI - Vertebral Body Erosion by a Chronic Contained Rupture of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Systematic Review and Spine Surgical Recommendations. PG - e75-e86 LID - S1878-8750(21)01613-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.116 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Vertebral body erosion (VBE) is commonly caused by neoplastic, inflammatory, or infectious diseases: it can be rarely associated with aortic wall disorders, such as chronic contained rupture of aortic aneurysm (CCR-AA). CCR-AA is a rare event comprising <5% of all reported cases. This condition is easily undiagnosed, differential diagnosis may be challenging, and there is no consensus or recommendation that dictates guidance on management of spinal surgical treatment. METHODS: We performed a systematic review of the literature of all cases of VBE secondary to CCR-AA to identify clinical, radiologic, and surgical outcome characteristics with the aim of providing a basis for future research studies. RESULTS: The search returned 80 patients. All reported patients had a history of hypertension. In almost all patients, the AA size reported was high (mean diameter, 7.056 cm). The treatment of this condition involves various reported treatment strategies: a totally conservative approach, treatment of the aortic aneurysm through a minimally invasive endovascular procedure, or an open surgery and combined approach. Despite the wide variability in therapeutic strategy, the rate of good outcomes was relatively high at 80%. CONCLUSIONS: Back pain and pain along the vertebral column are such frequent symptoms that unusual causes or serious and life-threatening complications may be overlooked. In addition to the common traumatic and degenerative causes of back pain, AA must also be considered. A combined approach between vascular and spine surgery could be achieved without any increased risk. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Pesce, Alessandro AU - Pesce A AD - Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy. FAU - Armocida, Daniele AU - Armocida D AD - Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy; Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Human Neurosciences, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: danielearmocida@yahoo.it. FAU - Petrella, Gianpaolo AU - Petrella G AD - Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy. FAU - Guerrini, Francesco AU - Guerrini F AD - Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy. FAU - Pompucci, Angelo AU - Pompucci A AD - Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20211101 PL - United States TA - World Neurosurg JT - World neurosurgery JID - 101528275 SB - IM MH - *Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/surgery MH - *Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic MH - *Aortic Rupture/diagnostic imaging/etiology/surgery MH - Back Pain/complications/surgery MH - Humans MH - *Spinal Diseases/complications/surgery MH - Spine MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Vertebral Body OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aortic aneurysm OT - Spine stabilization OT - Spine surgery OT - Vertebral erosion EDAT- 2021/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/06 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/05 05:51 PHST- 2021/09/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/05 05:51 [entrez] AID - S1878-8750(21)01613-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.116 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World Neurosurg. 2022 Feb;158:e75-e86. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.116. Epub 2021 Nov 1.