Rupture of an infectious pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch in an end-stage renal failure patient with chronic hemodialysis.

Rupture of an infectious pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch in an end-stage renal failure patient with chronic hemodialysis.
Clin Nephrol. 2015 Jun 3;
Authors: Chung S, Choi DE, Na KR, Lee KW
Abstract
In hemodialysis patients, vascular access infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It has various complications, including bacterial endocarditis, spinal epidural abscess, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and septic pulmonary emboli. However, aortitis with infected pseudoaneurysm formation is very rare. Here, we report a case of necrotizing aortitis in a hemodialysis patient with an arteriovenous graft infection.
PMID: 26042414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Nephrology - June 3, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chung S, Choi DE, Na KR, Lee KW Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research