Tuberculous iliac artery aneurysm in a pediatric patient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Vascular complications of tuberculous infections are rare and occur even less frequently in the pediatric population. Tuberculous pseudoaneurysms can occur either as a result of contiguous spread from a neighboring focus-invariably infected lymph nodes-or by hematogenous spread and seeding of acid-fast bacilli that lodge in the adventitia or media via the vasa vasorum. We report a case of turberculous right common iliac artery pseudoaneurysm in a 12-year-old and review the relevant literature.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aneurysm, Infected
- Iliac Aneurysm
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular