Conventional or endovascular treatment of ongoing mycotic aortic aneurysmal disease?

Vascular. 2009 Mar-Apr;17(2):103-7. doi: 10.2310/6670.2008.00063.

Abstract

We report a case in which conventional and endovascular exclusion techniques were used to treat ongoing mycotic aortic aneurysmal disease. A 51-year-old man presented with an infrarenal mycotic aortic aneurysm that was excluded and reconstructed with a superficial femoral vein. Two years later, he developed a symptomatic mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta, which required emergent treatment with a stent graft. The patient died 5 months later of massive bleeding owing to an aortobronchial fistula deriving from a new thoracic aneurysm proximal to the stent graft. Choices and different modes of treatment are discussed. Endovascular treatment of symptomatic mycotic aortic aneurysm might provide a valid alternative to open repair but may be unsuccessful owing to ongoing infection. In situ replacement using autologous material seems appealing whenever feasible.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortic Diseases / etiology
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Bronchial Fistula / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Femoral Vein / transplantation
  • Fistula / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Stents