Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Rapidly Progressing Aneurysm of Infected Thoracic Aorta with Pseudoaneurysm Formation
Akio Iimori, Yumiko Kanzaki, Shinpei Ito, Takuya Kotani, Suzue Hirano-Kuwata, Masahiro Daimon, Takahiro Katsumata, Hiroyuki Akagi, Tsuyoshi Komori, Fumio Terasaki, Nobukazu Ishizaka, Akira Ukimura
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Keywords: infected aneurysm, gallium scintigraphy, computed tomography, SPECT/CT
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2010 Volume 49 Issue 22 Pages 2461-2465

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Abstract

A 60-year-old man presented with chest discomfort with fever and high C-reactive protein (CRP). Chest computed tomography (CT) disclosed a mediastinal soft tissue swelling originating from the aortic arch, and gallium-67 single-photon emission CT revealed intense uptake in the same region. We initially suspected mediastinitis and/or a thoracic aortic infection. Antibiotics improved his symptoms and CRP levels. However, a follow-up CT scan 33 days later, revealed an aortic arch aneurysm and the patient was diagnosed with infective aortic aneurysm. Here, we report a rare case of a rapidly progressing aneurysm of infected aorta aortic infection with pseudoaneurysm formation.

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