BONE AND LEUKOCYTE SCINTIGRAPHY OF A COMPLICATED CASE OF RUPTURED MYCOTIC-ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA - A CASE-HISTORY

Authors
VANDERWALL H PALMER A THOMAS M CHU J
Citation
H. Vanderwall et al., BONE AND LEUKOCYTE SCINTIGRAPHY OF A COMPLICATED CASE OF RUPTURED MYCOTIC-ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA - A CASE-HISTORY, Angiology, 45(4), 1994, pp. 315-319
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
315 - 319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1994)45:4<315:BALSOA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
While rare, mycotic aneurysms of the aorta have a high mortality rate from immediate rupture and late complications. The case of a patient w ith a ruptured mycotic aneurysm is presented, and the important role o f scintigraphic studies in the early detection of complicating extensi ve soft-tissue infection and osteomyelitis is demonstrated.