title: Silent patent ductus arteriosus aneurysm.
abstract: Ductus arteriosus aneurysm, a rare and potentially fatal condition, has been reported as a complication after surgical ductus arteriosus closure. Its spontaneous appearance as a septic complication, which was common in the presurgical and preantibiotic era, has been rarely reported in the contemporary literature. Persistence of silent ductus arteriosus in healthy children and adults is a frequent condition that currently has an increasing diagnostic possibility due to the availability of more accurate investigative methods, especially echocardiography. We report the case of a 1-year-old child, in whom no previous heart disease was known, who developed a giant aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus during a staphylococcal infection. This complication appeared after craniotomy for emptying an accidental subdural hematoma. This report associates the persistence of ductus arteriosus with a complication considered rare, which has a rapidly fatal evolution.
authors.affiliation: Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Brazil. abotta@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Aline Medeiros
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Botta
authors.forename: Flávio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fin
authors.forename: Aldemir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ricachinewsky
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lucchese
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molossi
mesh_terms: D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*