Mycotic aneurysm of external carotid artery is extremely rare. We herein report a case of external carotid artery (ECA) aneurysm following severe traumatic brain injury. A 24-year-old man with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) following a car accident was referred to Rajaee Trauma Center Emergency Room affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran. He underwent ventricul...

BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis is associated with not only cardiac complications but also neurologic, renal, musculoskeletal, and systemic complications related to the infection, such as embolization, metastatic infection, and mycotic aneurysm. CASE PRESENTATION We report three cases (the first patient is Chinese and the other two are Koreans) of complicated infective endocarditis; two of ...

possible; unlike this case involving an active and growing left-sided lesion w3x. While this case demonstrated a successful outcome using a staged strategy, this may not have occurred if certain factors had changed (persistence of the bacteremia, worsening heart failure, evidence of new emboli, or aneurysmal growth). With the involvement of several consultants, closely monitored progress, and a...

Extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis occurs in 10-40% of reported cases. However, tuberculous mycotic aneurysm is very rare. We report herein tuberculous mycotic aneurysm of left common iliac artery secondary from ureteric tuberculosis in a 63-year-old man who presented with left flank pain for 1 month, and review the literature of all reported cases of tuberculous aneurysm of iliac artery.

Coarctation complicated with mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare. We are reporting a case of a 26-year-old man suffered from this pathology. As the incidence of mycotic pseudo-aneurysm is very rare in patients with aortic coarctation, the choice of this pathology for a patient presenting with unexplained fever is the only way to reduce the mortality risk.

Mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are extremely rare, with 15 cases reported. We report the successful treatment of a mycotic aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery by coronary artery bypass grafting with aneurysm ligation and resection without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.

The name mycotic aneurysm was coined by Osler to describe aneurysms associated with bacterial endocarditis with an appearance of fresh fungal vegetations; however majority of them are caused by bacteria. Mycotic aneurysm (MA) is a rare complication of infective endocarditis (IE), seen in 3-15% of IE patients.

Salmonella mycotic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta are exceedingly rare. There are few case reports and even fewer reports of long term survival. The case of a 68-year-old female presenting with a mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta caused by Salmonella species is described, which involved successful surgical intervention.

The yeast genus Debaryomyces comprises species isolated from various natural habitats, man-made environments, and clinical materials. Here, the draft genome of D. fabryi CBS 789(T), isolated from a human interdigital mycotic lesion, is presented.