Homograft repair of a tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 34-year-old HIV-positive black man with pulmonary tuberculosis developed progressive widening of the mediastinum. Evaluation by CT and two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a large saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta. This was repaired with a 26-mm aortic homograft using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. The microbiology of the aneurysm contents showed this to be a tuberculous pseudoaneurysm.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aneurysm, Infected
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary