Tuberculous Pseudoaneurysm of the Descending Thoracic Aorta

Tuberculous mycotic aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with a high mortality rate.1-5 Its prevalent location is the descending thoracic aorta in the patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Most of these aneurysms have been of the pseudoaneurysm type. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with tub...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of vascular surgery 2010-04, Vol.24 (3), p.417.e11-417.e13
Hauptverfasser:	Park, Sun-Cheol, Moon, In-Sung, Koh, Yong-Bok
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aneurysm, False - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, False - microbiology Aneurysm, False - therapy Aneurysm, Infected - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, Infected - microbiology Aneurysm, Infected - therapy Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - microbiology Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - therapy Aortic Rupture - diagnostic imaging Aortic Rupture - microbiology Aortic Rupture - therapy Aortography - methods Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation Debridement Diagnostic Errors Female Humans Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Surgery Thoracotomy Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - complications Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - diagnostic imaging Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - microbiology Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Tuberculous mycotic aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with a high mortality rate.1-5 Its prevalent location is the descending thoracic aorta in the patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Most of these aneurysms have been of the pseudoaneurysm type. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with tuberculous pseudoaneurym of the descending aorta that was initially mistaken for a lung lesion and was successfully repaired surgically.
ISSN:	0890-5096 1615-5947
DOI:	10.1016/j.avsg.2009.05.019