Surgery. 1988 Jan; 103(1): 122-4.

Lumbar artery aneurysm with acute aortic occlusion resulting from chiropractic manipulation: a case report.

Kornberg E.

Department of Surgery, Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach, Fla.

A 44-year-old man with an acute aortic occlusion after chiropractic manipulation was found to have a lumbar artery aneurysm. This article presents a previously undescribed entity, a lumbar artery aneurysm, which manifested as a unique cause of distal aortic occlusion in a patient with chronic back pain.