title: Interventional Therapy for Infective Pseudoaneurysm is a Hope for a Patient in an Undeveloped Area.
abstract: Patient, a 59-year-old male coming from an undeveloped area of Sichuan Province, China, was admitted because of chest pain for one month. Compute tomography angiography showed descending aorta pseudoaneurysm at the level of the 6th thoracic vertebra (T6). History of bone tuberculosis and tuberculosis DNA test had confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis. Interventional surgery was performed 3 days after admission. A covered stent (Medtronic TF 3030C200EE) was deployed slowly and accurately. Digital subtraction angiography showed that the pseudoaneurysm was isolated successfully and completely. The chest pain syndrome was relieved considerably. On the day after surgery, the patient was discharged. Fourteen months later, a recent CT revealed that the stent was in the right place and fluent and no infective clue was detected. The patient did not have any discomfort. Interventional therapy for infective pseudoaneurysm still has long promising prognosis. At the same time, anti-infection therapy is also essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Road, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
authors.forename: Ji-Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*