[Mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery complicating infectious endocarditis].
The authors report the case of a 7 year-old boy, in whom a mycotic aneurysm of the lobar inferior left pulmonary artery had been found in the course of a staphylococcal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve. Surgical removal of the aneurysm was followed by a thrombosis of this artery. This is a rare complication after infective endocarditis. Analysis of literature data shows that the rupture of these aneurysms frequently occurs; therefore, systematic surgical treatment is recommended whenever the anatomic conditions make it possible.
Tounian
P
P
Clinique de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris.
Girardet
J P
JP
Bennaceur
B
B
Lecompte
Y
Y
Fontaine
J L
JL
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*
Anévrisme mycotique de l'artère pulmonaire compliquant une endocardite infectieuse.