title: Treatment of an acute mycotic aneurysm of the common carotid artery with a covered stent-graft.
abstract: We report herein a case successful endovascular treatment with a stent-graft of a rare case of rapidly growing mycotic aneurysm of the left common carotid artery due to acute bacterial endocarditis after eradication of the infection. Infected mycotic aneurysms of the peripheral vasculature have been considered as a contraindication for stent-graft implantation because of the possibility of microorganism spreading to the stent-graft; however, if there is evidence of complete eradication of microorganism and surgery is not an option, stent-graft implantation can be an effective and safe treatment modality for exclusion of the mycotic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Kwon
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jong Moo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Curie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hyun Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Joo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome