Liu WC, Kwak BK, Kim KN, Kim SY, Woo JJ, Chung DJ, Hong JH, Kim HS, Lee CJ, Shim HJ. Tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta: endovascular repair using stent grafts in two cases.
Korean J Radiol 2000;
1:215-8. [PMID:
11752958 PMCID:
PMC2718204 DOI:
10.3348/kjr.2000.1.4.215]
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Abstract
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.
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