Evolution of a mycotic aneurysm of the thoracoabdominal aorta.
We report a patient with septicemia who developed a mycotic thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm over a six-week period. The value of contrast-enhanced computed tomography in the diagnosis of mycotic aneurysms of the aorta is stressed.
Markus
J
J
McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario.
Tuttle
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media