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...

Cerebrovascular complications occur in 25%–70% of patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Among these complications, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral abscess are frequently seen usually the consequence vegetation embolization or ruptured infectious (mycotic) aneurysm. Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) is a very rare complication IE due to multiple septic brain embolisms. P...

Acute cerebral embolism or cerebral aneurysm formation as a consequence of left atrial myxomas has been well documented, but the formation of multiple cerebral aneurysms resulting from atrial myxoma is a very rare neurological complication. We present the case of a 72-year-old-woman with a cardiac myxoma who suffered multiple cerebral mycotic aneurysms. After experiencing both vertigo and a sud...

Visceral artery aneurysms as a result of arterial degenerative disease are rare (0.1-2%), and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) accounts for 3.2% of all reported series. However, mycotic SMA aneurysms (SMAAs) are even rarer, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cryptogenic mycotic aneurysm of SMA by Enterococcus faecalis (EF). We report a case of 77-year-old man with 6-w...