A case of abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm associated with right heart mass.
We present a patient with right-sided endocarditis associated with abdominal aortic pseudo-aneurysm presenting only with high fever and pulsating abdominal mass. A higher clinical awareness of aortic pseudoaneurysms associated with intracardiac lesions disease, leading to early computed tomography evaluation and prompt surgical intervention appears to offer the best chance of survival. In this aspect, single-stage surgical treatment of both endocarditis and the aortic pathology is necessary.
Göksel
Onur S
OS
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. onurgokseljet@gmail.com
Sayin
Omer A
OA
Göktaş
Burçe
B
Sungur
Zerrin
Z
Tireli
Emin
E
Dayioğlu
Enver
E
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000295:instrumentation; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005839:Gentamicins; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam