Successful treatment of Salmonella mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta.
Salmonella mycotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta are exceedingly rare. There are few case reports and even fewer reports of long term survival. The case of a 68-year-old female presenting with a mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta caused by Salmonella species is described, which involved successful surgical intervention.
Lin
Chih-Yuan
CY
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Cheng-Gung Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, ROC.
Hong
Gou-Jieng
GJ
Lee
Kou-Chen
KC
Tsai
Chien-Sung
CS
D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002511:Cephalosporins; D002443:Ceftriaxone