title: Endovascular repair of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the common iliac artery.
abstract: This report describes the case of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the left common iliac artery, successfully treated with endovascular stent-grafting. A 64-year-old woman underwent diagnostic coronary angiography complicated by an infected hematoma of the left groin. Seven days later, she developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and CT scan evidence of perivascular inflammation around the left common iliac artery. This was followed by rupture of a mycotic aneurysm of the left common iliac artery. The lesion was successfully treated with a stent-graft and prolonged antibiotic therapy, and the patient remains free of infection 10 months later. Accumulating evidence suggests that endovascular repair can be used safely for the repair of ruptured infected aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery and Radiology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. rmofidi@doctors.net.uk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mofidi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraverty
mesh_terms: D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012421:Rupture; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents