1/2. Tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta: endovascular repair using stent grafts in two cases.Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. To date, the standard therapy for mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has been surgery involving in-situ graft placement or extra-anatomic bypass surgery followed by effective anti-tuberculous medication. Only recently has the use of a stent graft in the treatment of tuberculous aortic aneurysm been described in the literature. We report two cases in which a tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was successfully repaired using endovascular stent grafts. One case involved is a 42-year-old woman with a large suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and a right psoas abscess, and the other, a 41-year-old man in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptured during surgical drainage of a psoas abscess.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = abscess (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. Aortobifemoral graft infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis: treatment with abscess drainage, debridement, and long-term administration of antibiotic agents.Aortic graft infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. We report a patient with a Dacron aortobifemoral prosthetic graft infection secondary to tuberculosis. The infection was successfully treated with surgical drainage without removal of the graft, and long-term antimycobacterial medications. A review of the literature contains only 1 other report of tuberculosis graft infection and treatment. We discuss a rare form of aortic graft infection from M tuberculosis and its treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = abscess (Clic here for more details about this article) |