title: Graft replacement and muscle wrap for infected aneurysm of thoracic aorta.
abstract: A 68-year-old man was admitted with high fever and enlargement of the distal aortic arch on chest radiography. Computed tomography showed a huge proximal descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Graft replacement of the proximal descending thoracic aorta was performed on an emergency basis, and a pectoralis major muscle flap was wrapped around the graft. Salmonella enteritidis was detected in the resected tissue. The patient recovered well, with no signs of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. msakaki@oph.gr.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matsumiya
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome