title: Early diagnosis of nonaneurysmal infectious thoracic aortitis using transesophageal echocardiogram in a patient with purulent meningitis.
abstract: Infectious thoracic aortitis is a rare entity in the antibiotic era and usually appears in patients with prior aortic disease and/or associated infective endocarditis. Infected nonaneurysmal aorta will likely progress to mycotic aneurysm if left untreated. In most of the reports, infectious thoracic aortitis presents with a mycotic aneurysm. We report the case of a patient with a nonaneurysmal infectious thoracic aortitis, probably secondary to purulent meningitis, early diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiogram.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: Maria Júlia
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Maciel