Esophageal Lesion Reveals an Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in the Setting of Actinomyces odontolyticus Bacteremia

Esophageal Lesion Reveals an Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in the Setting of Actinomyces odontolyticus Bacteremia

A toddler presented with hematemesis a few weeks after ingesting a penny. Workup revealed an esophageal lesion communicating with an aortic pseudoaneurysm in the setting of Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteremia. A. odontolytica is an oropharyngeal bacteria known to cause fistulas when introduced into...

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Main Authors: Anneliese Grewing, DO, MS, Harsha Jujjavarapu, MD, Cameron Price, MD, Lindsay F. Eilers, MD, Sloane Zimmerman, MD, Nahid Hiermandi, DO, Athar M. Qureshi, MD, Richard Kellermeyer, MD, PhD, Jolie J. Britt, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
aorta
cardiovascular disease
left-sided catheterization
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923001729

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