title: Tuberculous aortitis, ruptured 48 years after therapeutic implantation of synthetic balls.
abstract: A case of tuberculous aortitis, ruptured 48 years after an implantation of synthetic balls into the extrapleural space was reported. Those balls were implanted as a therapeutic alternative to artificial pneumothorax for treating pulmonary tuberculosis. Free perforation was triggered by debridement of an expanding cold abscess. A tuberculous abscess adjacent to the arterial wall should be carefully managed even in the absence of the blood flow by image analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Yokohama City Kowan Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery