title: Endovascular stent graft placement in the treatment of a ruptured tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta secondary to Pott's disease of the spine.
abstract: Ruptured thoracic aortic tuberculous pseudoaneurysms as a complication of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the spine are rare. Conventional treatment of a ruptured tuberculous pseudoaneurysm involves surgery with graft interposition or patch repair. We report successful repair of a ruptured tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta by endovascular stent graft placement and provide a literature review of such entities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Chongqing 400037, China.
authors.forename: Fu-Ping
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ying-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications*