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Case Reports
Giant Iliac Artery Pseudoaneurysm Mimicking Postoperative Fluid Collection and Discitis.
In this report, we describe an extremely rare case of a giant pseudoaneurysm of the internal iliac artery causing marked destructive changes at a disk space and mimicking diskitis-osteomyelitis. Only 2 other cases of pseudoaneurysms extending into the disk space have been reported, and those arose from the aorta and were relatively straightforward to diagnose. ⋯ Complex paraspinal fluid collections causing osseous erosions should raise the possibility of an aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm. Computed tomography or conventional angiography should be considered if the question of a vascular mass/collection cannot be answered on conventional cross-sectional imaging, as inadvertent biopsy of a pseudoaneurysm can cause catastrophic bleeding.