Infected aortic aneurysm.
Aortic aneurysms may become infected. This unusual complication carries a highly unfavorable prognosis. In any patient with sepsis and a known aneurysm, spread of the sepsis to the aneurysm should be suspected if no other source of infection can be found. A case report is presented, together with a brief review of the literature.
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male