Mycotic aneurysms of coronary arteries.

Mycotic aneurysms of coronary arteries.

Bacterial endocarditis may give rise to mycotic arterial aneurysms in any part of the body, but particularly in the thoracic aorta, intracranial vessels, superior mesenteric artery, and the large arteries to the extremities (Weintraub and Abrams, I968). Aneurysms occurring in the coronary arteries are commonly arteriosclerotic or congenital and are very rarely mycotic in origin (Daoud et al., I...

Mycotic aneurysms of the intrapulmonary arteries.

In the case presented, multiple aneurysms of the peripheral pulmonary arteries occurred in a child with secondary pulmonary hypertension complicated by bacterial endocarditis. Study of other reported cases suggests that pulmonary hypertension may be significantly associated with the development of mycotic aneurysms. As surgical resection of aneurysms has been at least temporarily successful, in...

Mycotic thoracoabdominal aneurysms.

Giant coronary artery aneurysms involving all three coronary arteries.

Coronary artery aneurysm is defined as any coronary artery dilation exceeding the diameter of normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the largest coronary artery by 1.5 times. Giant coronary aneurysm refers to an aneurysm with a diameter larger than 20 mm. Giant coronary artery aneurysms have an incidence of 0.02%-2%. Here we describe a patient who had giant coronary aneurysms involving all...

Meningitis complicated by mycotic aneurysms

Mycotic aneurysms complicated by vasospasm and strokes represent a rare manifestation of bacterial meningitis. We describe a healthy woman diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and mycotic aneurysms, who received both antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy. This approach fostered a significant radiologic improvement in her mycotic aneurysms as evidenced by serial angiographic examinations. During ...