Mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta is an uncommon disease that carries a high mortality rate. In this report, two patients with this disease are presented. In the first case, Salmonella sp was cultured from an atherosclerotic aneurysm, and in the second patient, the aneurysm was a complication of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial endocarditis. Both presented suggestive clinical findings of t...

Predisposing factors [2] Conditions causing arterial emboli eg, mural thrombus following myocardial infarction, auricular thrombus associated with mitral stenosis and AF, septic emboli from valvular endocarditis, fragments of proximal aortic thrombus, arterial catheterisation dislodging bits of plaque. Conditions causing arterial thrombosis atherosclerosis (most common), aortic aneurysm or diss...

Partial targeted embolization of the ruptured site of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is considered effective to prevent rebleeding. The site of rupture is usually determined by morphological features, such as an intranidal aneurysm or a venous varix; however, the site can be difficult to identify in high-grade AVM with complicated angioarchitecture. The authors present a case of a ...

Predisposing factors [2] Conditions causing arterial emboli eg, mural thrombus following myocardial infarction, auricular thrombus associated with mitral stenosis and AF, septic emboli from valvular endocarditis, fragments of proximal aortic thrombus, arterial catheterisation dislodging bits of plaque. Conditions causing arterial thrombosis atherosclerosis (most common), aortic aneurysm or diss...

Surgical microscope-integrated intraoperative angiography with intra-venous injection of indocyanine green (ICG) has been widely used during bypass or aneurysm surgery. Instead of intra-venous injection of ICG, we describe a case of intraoperative video angiography with intra-arterial injection of ICG in cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) surgery. During the surgery, we injected ICG thro...

Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology whose basic pathologic process consists of non-specific vasculitis of veins, arteries and capillaries in all affected organs. It is characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis, skin lesions and other symptoms affecting the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous and respiratory systems, bl...

Among older adults, incidence and prevalence of aortic disease, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and venous thromboembolism (VTE) increase as age-related alterations in vascular structure and function are compounded by longer exposure to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. This review highlights the unique presentations and treatment strategies for aortic dissection, abdominal aortic a...

Double left renal vein is a rare venous anomaly. We operated on 72-year-old man of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with double left renal vein. Massive hemorrhage was encountered during encircling the tape around the abdominal aorta. One vein passing posterior to the aorta was injured. Further dissection revealed the presence of double left renal vein forming a ring around the aorta. The patien...

Atypical cotton-wool spots in four selected cases of diabetic retinopathy are discussed. The most striking characteristic distinguishing them from typical cotton-wool spots is their size, which ranges from about 2 to 4 disc diameters. They develop after stenosis or a complete obstruction of a first order arteriole at the point at which it emerges from the parent arterial branch. The size of the...