Massive Pulmonary Embolism due to Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Related to Compression by Lumbar Artery Pseudoaneurysm. A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm (LAPA) is a pathology infrequently described in the literature. The most frequent complications are the expansion and rupture of the pseudoaneurysm. Reports of association between PE with LAPA have not yet been described.