Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta and Abdominal Aorta

Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta *

Following one encounter with a case of ruptured abdominal aneurysm which was of considerable interest, it seemed desirable to look up the hospital cases of this disease entity and to review the literature briefly. It was very soon clear that the diagnosis of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was no medical frill, for more than one general surgeon or urologist has operated only to find that an ane...

Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta.

AN ANEURYSM of the aorta irrespective of its location or its etiology is a serious threat to the patient due to its tendency to enlarge and to the fact that serious complications from rupture, dissection, pressure effects or peripheral embolization from a mural thrombus threaten the life of its victim. The frequency of death from complications has long been known, and Colt in 1927 collected a s...

Mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta.

Mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta is an uncommon disease that carries a high mortality rate. In this report, two patients with this disease are presented. In the first case, Salmonella sp was cultured from an atherosclerotic aneurysm, and in the second patient, the aneurysm was a complication of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial endocarditis. Both presented suggestive clinical findings of t...

Treatment of abdominal aorta aneurysms

Background The best treatment of abdominal aorta aneurysms of the segments below the emergency of the renal arteries are still under discussion. In literature there are several studies that compare the retroperitoneal (R.P.) approach with the transperitoneal (T.P.) one or that suggest their possible variations. The R.P. approach offers the possibility of treating patients with hostyle abdomen (...

Mycotic thoracoabdominal aneurysms.