Successful resection of mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery

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Summary: A patient with subacute bacterial endocarditis is presented in whom an intra-abdominal mycotic aneurysm was diagnosed prior to the development of cardiac signs. The patient was successfully treated for his endocarditis and the aneurysm which proved to be arising in a branch of the superior mesenteric artery was resected.