Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta: Endovascular Repair Using Stent Grafts in Two Cases.
- Author:
Wei Chiang LIU
1
;
Byung Kook KWAK
;
Kyo Nam KIM
;
Soon Yong KIM
;
Joung Joo WOO
;
Dong Jin CHUNG
;
Ju Hee HONG
;
Ho Sung KIM
;
Chang Jun LEE
;
Hyung Jin SHIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Aorta, disease; Aorta, aneurysm; Aorta, grafts and prostheses
- MeSH: Adult; Aneurysm, Infected/drug therapy/radiography/*surgery; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/drug therapy/radiography/*surgery; *Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; Case Report; Female; Human; Male; Psoas Abscess/surgery; *Stents; Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular/drug therapy/radiography/*surgery
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2000;1(4):215-218
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. To date, the standard therapy for mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has been surgery involving in-situ graft placement or extra-anatomic bypass surgery followed by effective anti-tuberculous medication. Only recently has the use of a stent graft in the treat-ment of tuberculous aortic aneurysm been described in the literature. We report two cases in which a tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was success-fully repaired using endovascular stent grafts. One case involved is a 42-year-old woman with a large suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and a right psoas abscess, and the other, a 41-year-old man in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptured during surgical drainage of a psoas abscess.
