Cervical mycotic aneurysm in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis.
We report a case of 65-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus, in whom a cervical mycotic aneurysm suddenly developed after sepsis with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Severe infection associated with alcoholic cirrhosis may cause a typical mycotic aneurysm.
Yoneda
Kentaro
K
Department of Gastroenterology, Mie University School Medicine.
Shiraki
Katsuya
K
Tanaka
Junichiro
J
Beppu
Tetsuya
T
Fuke
Hiroyuki
H
Yamamoto
Norihiko
N
Takei
Yoshiyuki
Y
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects