Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 78 (4) , 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198504000-00016
Abstract
In the surgical literature, 37 survivors of infected abdominal aortic aneurysmorrhaphy have been reported. The diagnosis is suspected if a patient with fever, leukocytosis, and abdominal pain is noted on physical examination to have a pulsatile abdominal mass. Confirmation is best obtained with computerized tomography and angiography. We used a protocol for surgical diagnosis and management to successfully treat two patients who are added to the list of known survivors of infection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.Keywords
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