Endovascular stent graft placement in the treatment of ruptured tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: case report and review of the literature

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2009 May;32(3):572-6. doi: 10.1007/s00270-008-9456-8. Epub 2008 Nov 20.

Abstract

We report a successful repair of a ruptured tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta by endovascular stent graft placement. This procedure is starting to be accepted as an alternative method to surgery, and we review similar cases in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, Infected / therapy*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / microbiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging