title: Fatal rupture of a mycotic aneurysm of the right coronary artery post pneumococcal sepsis.
abstract: Aneurysms of the coronary arteries are rare and mycotic coronary aneurysms are even rarer. We report a unique, yet unfortunately autopsy-proven fatal case of a ruptured atherosclerotic mycotic aneurysm of the right coronary artery with streptococcus pneumoniae in a non-immunocompromised patient resulting in cor tamponade and death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Martini Hospital, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nieborg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koopman
authors.forename: A V M
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Moller
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Kruithof
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kremer Hovinga
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000382:microbiology*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*