Fulminant Infectious Aortitis With Ascending Aortic Rupture
| Autor: | Masaki Tsukashita, Cunfeng Pu, Michael Lucke, Kinan Kassar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Fulminant Aortic Rupture Aorta Thoracic Dissection (medical) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.artery medicine Humans Aortic rupture Aortitis Aged 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Aorta business.industry medicine.disease Surgery Aortic wall Computed tomographic angiography Cardiothoracic surgery Acute Disease Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed Vascular Surgical Procedures |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of thoracic surgery. 103(1) |
| ISSN: | 1552-6259 |
| Popis: | Infectious aortitis is associated with a high rate of acute aortic adverse events. However, the nonspecificity of symptoms and low sensitivity of blood cultures may delay early recognition of this condition. A 77-year-old man was incidentally found to have aortitis. His disease took a fulminant course and was complicated by dissection and rupture only 4 days after the diagnosis. Serial computed tomographic angiography provided valuable information about the development of aortitis into dissection and rupture. Postdissection histologic analysis revealed gram-positive cocci in the aortic wall. |
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