• J Neurosurg Spine · Jun 2009

    Case Reports

    Iatrogenic lumbar pseudoaneurysm causing dural sac compression after spine surgery.

    • Robbert J Nijenhuis, Menno Sluzewski, and Willem Jan van Rooij.
    • Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands. nijenhuis@rad.unimaas.nl
    • J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Jun 1; 10 (6): 585-6.

    AbstractA 69-year-old man presented 3 months after lumbar spine surgery with progressive paraparesis and bladder and sphincter dysfunction caused by a lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm compressing the dural sac. After embolization with glue, the thrombosed pseudoaneurysm substantially decreased in size and the patient's neurological symptoms improved.

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