151. Repeated gallium-67 scan demonstrating an occult mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch due to Salmonella
- Author
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Pan-Fu Kao, Shu-Hang Ng, Kuo-Su Chen, Kai-Yuan Tzen, and Ming-Fong Tsai
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Microbiology (medical) ,Aortic arch ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Salmonella enteritidis ,Gallium Radioisotopes ,Gallium 67 scan ,Severity of Illness Index ,Magnetic resonance angiography ,Aortic aneurysm ,Aneurysm ,Fatal Outcome ,Renal Dialysis ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Humans ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Aged ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Mycotic aneurysm ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Radiography ,Infectious Diseases ,Salmonella Infections ,Disease Progression ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,Female ,Radiology ,business ,Aneurysm, Infected ,Magnetic Resonance Angiography - Abstract
A 71 y-old female with 40 degrees C fever and a change in consciousness during haemodialysis was referred for a gallium-67 scan, which revealed a horseshoe-like radioactive accumulation in the mediastinal region. Salmonella enteritidis was isolated from blood culture. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed an aortic arch aneurysm. The patient died without surgery.
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- 2003