title: Mycotic aneurysm.
abstract: Mycotic aneurysms must be diagnosed rapidly because of the high mortality, associated with them. X-ray computed tomography (X-CT) is a noninvasive modality. Intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IVDSA) is also much less invasive and less dangerous than arteriography, especially in mycotic aneurysms, whose wall is thin. We describe two patients with mycotic aneurysms diagnosed by X-CT and IVDSA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Odori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed