Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Which Dilated 30 mm over 3 Days and Ruptured without Pain

Abstract

We report a case of a 78-year-old female with an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm which dilated by 30 mm over 3 days and ruptured. She presented to a hospital with diarrhea and was diagnosed with an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm following a CT scan. She was subsequently transferred to our facility and commenced on antibiotics. On the third day of admission, a physiotherapist noticed rapid growth of her abdomen. An emergency CT scan demonstrated rapid dilatation and sings of aortic rupture, for which non-anatomical surgical repair was performed. Salmonella was isolated from cultures.