Abstract | PURPOSE: To report the successful endoluminal repair of an infected thoracic aneurysm secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). CASE REPORT: A 76-year-old man presented with an infected thoracic pseudoaneurysm 9 weeks after an elective infrarenal aneurysm repair. Blood cultures were positive for MRSA. Computed tomography (CT) showed an 11.5-cm false aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta just proximal to the celiac axis. An Excluder stent-graft was used to successfully repair the lesion. Recovery was uneventful, and the patient was treated with linezolid for 6 weeks. Follow-up CT scans at 3 and 12 months confirmed exclusion of the aneurysm and progressive shrinkage of the aneurysm sac with no evidence of graft infection. CONCLUSIONS: Endoluminal repair is an alternative to open surgery for the treatment of infected aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.
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Authors | Rachel E Bell, Peter R Taylor, Marion Aukett, George H Evans, John F Reidy |
Journal | Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
(J Endovasc Ther)
Vol. 10
Issue 1
Pg. 29-32
(Feb 2003)
ISSN: 1526-6028 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12751926
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aneurysm, False
(diagnostic imaging, microbiology, surgery)
- Aneurysm, Infected
(diagnostic imaging, microbiology, surgery)
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
(diagnostic imaging, microbiology, surgery)
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
- Humans
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Staphylococcal Infections
(complications)
- Stents
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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