A survey of caseous lymphadenitis was conducted at a goat and sheep slaughterhouse in Northeastern Brazil One hundred and fifty-eight goats and 43 sheep were examined for the presence of abscesses, with bacterial culturing of purulent material to define the etiological agent. Blood was collected simultaneously for determination of serological titer via the synergistic hemolysis-inhibition test ...

Infected thoracic aneurysms are a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that present with non-specific symptoms. We describe here case of an 83-year-old female who presented to the emergency department chief complaint vomiting blood. The patient had 40 days earlier abdominal pain, fever, leukocytosis. She medical history traumatic liver injury resulting in bile duct stenosis, necessit...

PURPOSE Infected aneurysm of the aorta and adjacent arteries is rarely occurring and can be fatal without surgical intervention. Within the medical community, the most efficacious treatment strategy to address infected aortic aneurysm remains controversial. In this study, we have reviewed our treatment experience with 109 patients. METHODS We included in our study all consecutive patients tre...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, who was succe...

We present the first clinical report of the successful treatment of an infected thoracic aortic arch aneurysm with the use of endovascular repair as a bridge to second-stage open operation. A 70-year-old patient underwent urgent endovascular repair through the right femoral approach because of a diagnosis of sepsis and impending rupture of an infected thoracic aortic arch aneurysm. After 2 week...

A n infected aneurysm is defined as a localized dilation of an artery resulting from some form of arterial wall injury associated with sepsis that may prompt a slow and insidious course of events or quickly lead to devastating complications. Whereas the wall damage may be owing to embolism, atherosclerosis, congenital defects or trauma, sepsis may be secondary to infected emboli, bacteriemia or...

In a 75-year-old man, a growing vertebral artery aneurysm at the C3/4 intervertebral level was found at postoperative evaluation of cervical abscess, which was diagnosed as a complication of sepsis subsequent to cholangitis. Even after a successful antibiotic treatment and a surgical drainage, the aneurysm grew enough to cause compression of esophagus and trachea. The aneurysm was judged to be ...

An infected aortic arch aneurysm is a rare but life-threatening condition. Moreover, surgical treatment for patients with severe calcified aorta is challenging and needs a well-planned strategy. We report a patient with an infected aortic arch aneurysm concomitant with severe calcification of the aorta in whom good results were obtained with open stent grafting in combination with a trifurcated...

A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes mel-litus was transferred from a local hospital to our emergency room because of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Lower abdominal pain had been present for 3 weeks previously. On admission, enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed abdominal aortic aneurysm with a maximum diameter of 59 mm inferior to the renal artery and periaortic massive gas (Figur...