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Mycotic superior mesenteric pseudoaneurysm draining into a vein.
- Source :
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Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery [Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg] 2011 Jan; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 91-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Oct 21. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- A 46-year-old man with a medical history notable only for schizophrenia was admitted to hospital with complaints of general fatigue and high fever. Transthoracic echocardiography on day 6 after admission demonstrated a large vegetation (17 mm) on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve with mild regurgitation and mild aortic regurgitation. The patient also complained of abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography showed a remarkable enlargement of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysm (SMAA). An excision of the SMAA and double valve replacement was performed, and the patient was administered a six-week course of intravenous antibiotic therapy.
- Subjects :
- Abdominal Pain microbiology
Aneurysm diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm surgery
Aneurysm, Infected diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Infected surgery
Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Artery, Superior diagnostic imaging
Mesenteric Artery, Superior surgery
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Aneurysm microbiology
Aneurysm, Infected microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial microbiology
Mesenteric Artery, Superior microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1569-9285
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21098424
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.251645