title: Tuberculous iliac artery aneurysm in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Vascular complications of tuberculous infections are rare and occur even less frequently in the pediatric population. Tuberculous pseudoaneurysms can occur either as a result of contiguous spread from a neighboring focus-invariably infected lymph nodes-or by hematogenous spread and seeding of acid-fast bacilli that lodge in the adventitia or media via the vasa vasorum. We report a case of turberculous right common iliac artery pseudoaneurysm in a 12-year-old and review the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Sharon.cox@uct.ac.za
authors.forename: Sharon Gail
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Nadraj G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Naidoo
authors.forename: Richard John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Lizelle
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kilborn
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents