title: Mycotic aortic aneurysm presenting as multiple cerebral abscesses.
abstract: A 68-year-old male presented with multiple cerebral abscesses. Possible intrathoracic embolic sources were not detected by echocardiography and chest radiography and the main lesion was surgically excised. Following deterioration of the neurological status, computerized tomography performed 2 weeks later revealed a mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta, probably related to a previous cardiac operation. This is the first case in the literature of aortic infection presenting as multiple brain abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare e Respiratorio, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pocar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moneta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pelenghi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Donatelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tresoldi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scomazzoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed