FATAL RUPTURE OF A TUBERCULOUS AORTIC ANEURYSM: A CASE REPORT

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Case Reports1 October 1956FATAL RUPTURE OF A TUBERCULOUS AORTIC ANEURYSM: A CASE REPORTJAMES L. GERMAN, M.D., CHARLES L. GREEN, M.D.JAMES L. GERMAN, M.D., CHARLES L. GREEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-4-698 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDifficulty in diagnosis as well as in treatment is to be expected in cases such as the following, which is reported as a rare complication of tuberculosis. In a case of aneurysm of the aorta of obscure etiology it is to be recalled that a tuberculous process may involve that vessel.CASE REPORTA 36 year old Negro man entered the Surgical Service of the Veterans Hospital, McKinney, Texas, in moderate distress from abdominal pain but not apparently an "emergency." He died suddenly 18 hours after admission. One month prior to admission he had experienced the sudden onset of epigastric...Bibliography1. Dafoe WA: Ruptured aneurysms of the abdominal aorta due to tuberculosis, Edinburgh M. J. 32: 291-296, 1925. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. GellerstedtSäfwenberg NO: Tuberculosis of aorta causing tuberculous erosion aneurysm, Upsala läkaref. förh. 38: 165-181, 1933. Google Scholar3. OwensBass JNAD: Tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, Arch. Int. Med. 74: 413, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FroschHorowitz HLW: Rupture of abdominal aorta into duodenum (through sinus tract created by tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis), Ann. Int. Med. 21: 481, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar5. ScottMaxwellGrimes JWESAE: Tuberculous false aneurysm of abdominal aorta with rupture into stomach; case report with review of literature, Am. Heart J. 37: 820-827, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. HerndonGaltAustin JHJDJ: Ruptured tuberculous false aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, Texas State J. Med. 48: 336-338, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. SandrockEmersonEmerson RSGLMS: A rare complication of tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 65: 210-214, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: McKinney, Texas*Received for publication June 27, 1955.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, McKinney, Texas, and Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas, Dallas, Texas.Requests for reprints should be addressed to James L. German, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 14, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEndovascular Treatment of a Tuberculous Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm With the Multilayer StentTuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aortaTubercular pseudoaneurysms of aortaTuberculous Mycotic Aneurysm of the AortaNatural history of aortoarteritis (Takayasu's disease).Tuberculous aortoarteritisRupture of a tuberculous pseudoaneurysm of the innominate artery into the trachea and esophagus: Report of a case and review of the literatureObscure stenosing aortitis and arteritis associated with periv ascular lymphadenitis — Combined angiographic and lymphographic evaluationCase 11-1975Tuberculous Coronary Arteritis with Aneurysm of the Ventricular SeptumThromboaortitisSurgical Resection of a Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta 1 October 1956Volume 45, Issue 4Page: 698-702KeywordsAbdominal painAneurysmsAortaEtiologyHemorrhageInoculationTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...