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Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm due to Brucella melitensis
Joint Authors
al-Sheef, Mohammed
AlFayyad, Isamme
Alsaleh, Saud
Alanezi, Nahar
Bakhsh, Nizar
AlDosary, Rana
AlSharif, Lina
Mian, Arshad
Ahsan, Azeem
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-09-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Brucellosis is an endemic infection mainly in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region that can involve any system.
However, cardiovascular involvement commonly seen as endocarditis is a rare occurrence, but it is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity.
Brucella mycotic aneurysms are extremely rare and carry a higher morbidity and mortality.
Here, we present a case of Brucella mycotic aneurysms in the descending aorta complicated by an aortoesophageal fistula in a 52-year-old diabetic man.
The diagnosis was made by thoracic CT angiogram showing a saccular aneurysm arising from the descending aorta and two positive cultures of Brucella melitensis.
Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms ruled out infective endocarditis.
Aortoesophageal fistula complicating a Brucella mycotic aneurysm in the absence of evidence of endocarditis has not yet been reported in the literature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Sheef, Mohammed& Alsaleh, Saud& Alanezi, Nahar& Bakhsh, Nizar& AlDosary, Rana& AlSharif, Lina…[et al.]. 2019. Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm due to Brucella melitensis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137021
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Sheef, Mohammed…[et al.]. Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm due to Brucella melitensis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137021
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Sheef, Mohammed& Alsaleh, Saud& Alanezi, Nahar& Bakhsh, Nizar& AlDosary, Rana& AlSharif, Lina…[et al.]. Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm due to Brucella melitensis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137021
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1137021