Ruptured Mycotic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in the Setting of Streptococcus Bacteremia with Underlying Colonic Malignancy.
Jesse ChaitBernardo C MendesPublished in: Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) (2024)
Ruptured mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) pose complex clinical challenges which are often compounded by existing comorbidities of the typical patient. We present the case of an 85-year-old female presenting emergently with a ruptured mycotic TAA with underlying Streptococcus bacteremia who was successfully treated with a thoracic endograft and antibiotics.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- aortic aneurysm
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- biofilm formation
- endovascular treatment
- candida albicans
- case report
- gram negative
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- brain injury
- spinal cord injury
- pulmonary artery
- staphylococcus aureus
- pulmonary hypertension
- cystic fibrosis
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- coronary artery
- aortic dissection