Tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta.
Tuberculous mycotic aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with a high mortality rate.(1-5) Its prevalent location is the descending thoracic aorta in the patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Most of these aneurysms have been of the pseudoaneurysm type. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman with tuberculous pseudoaneurym of the descending aorta that was initially mistaken for a lung lesion and was successfully repaired surgically.
Park
Sun-Cheol
SC
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Moon
In-Sung
IS
Koh
Yong-Bok
YB
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003646:Debridement; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents