Case 16-2021: A 37-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain and Aortic Dilatation

N Engl J Med. 2021 May 27;384(21):2054-2063. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100278.

Authors

Anahita Dua¹, Patrick D Sutphin¹, Mark J Siedner¹, Jakob Moran¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Surgery (A.D.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Medicine (M.J.S.), and Pathology (J.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Surgery (A.D.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Medicine (M.J.S.), and Pathology (J.M.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 34042393
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100278

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Adult
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Bacteremia / complications
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / microbiology*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
Vasculitis / diagnosis