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Peripheral seeding of mycotic aneurysms from an infected aortic stent graft.

Parkinson TJ, Rosales C, Wyatt MG

Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Aortic stent graft infection is rare and there are no reported cases of seeded peripheral mycotic aneurysms complicating this condition. We describe the case of a 54 year old man who developed a late stent graft infection at three years, resulting in the peripheral seeding of three mycotic aneurysms with two incidents of rupture. He was successfully treated with extra-anatomic bypass of the aorta and both surgical and endovascular repair of his peripherally seeded mycotic aneurysms.

Published 7 May 2007 in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(6): 684-6.
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