title: Repetitive complications after prosthetic graft for inflammatory aortic aneurysm.
abstract: The presence of retroperitoneal fibrosis after an aortic graft replacement is a marker of poor prognosis following aortic graft replacement. Herein we report the case of a 39-year-old man with retroperitoneal fibrosis that had been causing ureteral obstruction. The man had undergone repeated aortic graft replacement due to bacteremia and aortic graft-small intestinal fistula that occurred 4 years after initial aortic grafting for an inflammatory aortic aneurysm. The patient was discharged after 4 weeks of intravenous antibiotic therapy following the latest aortic graft replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daimon
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Motomu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobukazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
keywords: Aortic graft infection; graft thrombosis; inflammatory aortic aneurysm; retroperitoneal fibrosis