A Ruptured Salmonella-Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm of the Suprarenal Type: A case report.
- Author:
Jong Hwan MOON
1
;
You Sun HONG
;
Sang Hyun LIM
;
Joon Ho JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea. yshongjin@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aorta, surgery;
Infection;
Rupture
- MeSH:
Aneurysm;
Aneurysm, Infected;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Aorta;
Aortic Aneurysm;
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal;
Debridement;
Humans;
Renal Artery;
Risk Factors;
Rupture;
Standard of Care;
Transplants
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(2):199-203
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Infected aortic aneurysms are rare, but the mortality of patients with infected aortic aneurysms remains high. Open surgical procedures are the standard of care for infected aneurysms of aorta, but the surgical results are often disappointing. The risk factors related to the high mortality include aneurysm rupture and a suprarenal aneurysm location. The classic method for treating infected aneurysms has been aneurysm resection, soft tissue debridement, remote arterial reconstruction out of the field of infection and antibiotics. Infected anuerysms located in the suprarenal aorta are highly lethal because of the need to reimplant the visceral or renal arteries and the graft related complications. We reported here on a case of suprarenal infected aortic aneurysm in a 55-years-old man. We also include a review of the relevant medical literature.
