Arterial mycotic aneurysm rupture following kidney-pancreatic transplantation with exocrine pancreatic drainage into the bladder: an unusual observation.
In this case report, we describe two patients who received a kidney-pancreatic transplant through technique of exocrine pancreatic drainage into the bladder, and who subsequently developed arterial mycotic aneurysms at the site of the arterial anastomosis of the homograft.
Garbino
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Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. jorge.garbino@hcuge.ch
Morel
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Pittet
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Romand
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000209:etiology*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder