Mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary artery and aorta.
The clinical presentation and characteristic radiographic and angiographic findings in 6 patients with mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary artery of aorta are presented. Radiographic findings that may suggest a mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery include a rapid change in its coutour, which may be aneurysmal in character, and multiple septic pulmonary emboli or bacterial pneumonia. Patients with mycotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta may have a middle or posterior mediastinal mass in close association with the aorta, and a pulmonary infiltrate may be seen surrounding the aneurysm. A barium swallow will often demonstrate esophageal displacement by the extrinsic mass.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001011:Aorta; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography; D002648:Child; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous