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Endoleak - type Ib

Case contributed by Maxime St-Amant
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Follow-up post aorto-iliac endograft

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
ct

CT-scan shows a significant leak of contrast material within the aneurysmal sac in this patient with aorto-iliac endograft for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The findings are compatible with a type 1B endoleak.

dsa

Conventional aortic angiography confirms a type 1B endoleak coming from the right iliac component of the endograft.

Case Discussion

This case demonstrates the CT and angiography appearance of a leak into the aneurysmal sac through a graft defect. This represents a Type 1B endoleak.

Endoleak repair (not shown here) was successful.

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