A case of a 50-year-old man with chronic back pain, an abdominal aortic aneurysm and bony erosion of the lumbar spine due to a chondrosarcoma is reported. This report shows that the lumbar erosion seen in association with an aneurysm is unlikely to be a result of pressure erosion of the spine by the aneurysm, and that an extensive metastatic and septic work-up is required in such patients.

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