title: Acute aortic dissection caused by Clostridium septicum aortitis.
abstract: Clostridium septicum aortitis is a rare cause of aortic dissection. So far, only 28 cases have been described in literature before. Most of these cases occurred in elderly patients and an association to colonic neoplasms and/or atherosclerosis has been witnessed frequently. Here we report the case of a 32-year-old man with fatal aortic dissection due to aortic infection with C. septicum. Beside a case of a 22-year-old man who died of aortic dissection due to C. septicum aortitis this is the second case of C. septicum aortitis in a young individual with no signs of colonic neoplasms or atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Legal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany Johannisallee 28, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: franziska.eplinius@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eplinius
authors.affiliation: Institute for Legal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany Johannisallee 28, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: carsten.haedrich@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hädrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries* / Q000382:microbiology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D052557:Clostridium septicum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Aortic dissection; Aortitis; Clostridium septicum; Infectious vasculitis