Infected aneurysm of the ascending aorta in childhood: report of a case.
Infected aneurysms of the thoracic aorta are rare in children, and many are not diagnosed until autopsy. We report the case of a 3-year-old girl in whom an infected aneurysm of the ascending aorta was successfully repaired by Dacron patch angioplasty under cardiopulmonary bypass.
Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Goichi
G
Yotsumoto
Tamahiro
T
Kinjo
Hitoshi
H
Matsumoto
Hiroshi
H
Masuda
Yoshifumi
Y
Iguro
Yuichi
Y
Nomura
Taisuke
T
Eguchi
Ryuzo
R
Sakata
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011859:Radiography
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates