Scientific article
Case report
English

Successful treatment of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the ileocolic artery with transcatheter embolization and antibiotic therapy

Published inAbdominal imaging, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 651-653
Publication date2001
Abstract

We report a case of mycotic aneurysm of the ileocolic artery due to Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and acute septicemia complicated by active hemorrhage, that was treated successfully with transcatheter embolization and subsequent intravenous antibiotic treatment. This case suggests that a mycotic aneurysm can be treated successfully by percutaneous embolization in an emergent situation (active bleeding, septicemia) even without previous antibiotic therapy.

Keywords
  • Aneurysm, Infected/therapy
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured/therapy
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
  • Ceftriaxone/therapeutic use
  • Cephalosporins/therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination/therapeutic use
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Gentamicins/therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Iliac Aneurysm/therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy
  • Streptococcus bovis
Citation (ISO format)
POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois, VARGAS GOMEZ, Maria Isabel, BECKER, Christoph. Successful treatment of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the ileocolic artery with transcatheter embolization and antibiotic therapy. In: Abdominal imaging, 2001, vol. 26, n° 6, p. 651–653. doi: 10.1007/s00261-001-0008-9
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