Infected aneurysm of the ascending aorta in childhood: report of a case

Goichi Yotsumoto; Tamahiro Kinjo; Hitoshi Matsumoto; Hiroshi Masuda; Yoshifumi Iguro; Yuichi Nomura; Taisuke Eguchi; Ryuzo Sakata

doi:10.1007/s005950300083

Infected aneurysm of the ascending aorta in childhood: report of a case

Surg Today. 2003;33(5):367-70. doi: 10.1007/s005950300083.

Authors

Goichi Yotsumoto¹, Tamahiro Kinjo, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Masuda, Yoshifumi Iguro, Yuichi Nomura, Taisuke Eguchi, Ryuzo Sakata

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.

PMID: 12734733
DOI: 10.1007/s005950300083

Abstract

Infected aneurysms of the thoracic aorta are rare in children, and many are not diagnosed until autopsy. We report the case of a 3-year-old girl in whom an infected aneurysm of the ascending aorta was successfully repaired by Dacron patch angioplasty under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Infected / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Polyethylene Terephthalates
Radiography

Substances

Polyethylene Terephthalates