Endovascular repair of a Clostridium perfringens infected pseudoaneurysm presenting as an intramural air pocket
An infected aneurysm (IA) is a relatively rare but complex and life-threatening disease. We report a 78-year-old man with an IA in the common iliac artery (CIA) due to Clostridium perfringens. An initial computed tomography (CT) revealed an air pocket in the left CIA, and a pseudoaneurysm was seen o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | IDCases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920301499 |