INTRODUCTION The rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion is related to multiple factors. There is some evidence that inflammation can accelerate aneurysm expansion. However, the association between pulmonary sepsis and rapid abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion is rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION Here we present a case of a rapidly expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 68-year-old Cau...

INTRODUCTION Aortic aneurysm is not common in young patient. When a young patient presents with abdominal aortic aneurysm, there may be an underlying cause. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we describe a case of a 33-year-old gentleman who presented with flu like illness, chest and abdominal pains following a tooth extraction. A chest X-ray and subsequent computerised tomogram of the chest and abdomen...

Jonathan (2014) Targets for medical therapy to limit abdominal aortic aneurysm progression. ResearchOnline@JCU 1 Title: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Targets for medical therapy to limit abdominal aortic aneurysm progression

A 68-year-old man with hypertension presented a sudden onset of abdominal pain radiating to the back. An ultrasound revealed large peripherally thrombosed pseudoaneurysm infra-abdominal aorta. CT angiogram confirmed aortic aneurysm (AAA) maximum

Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. To date, the standard therapy for mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has been surgery involving in-situ graft placement or extra-anatomic bypass surgery followed by effective anti-tuberculous medication. Only recently has the use of a stent graft in the treatment of tuberculous aortic aneurysm been described in the literature. We repor...

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...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is associated with fibroblast proliferation due to inflammatory changes in adipose/fibrous tissue. Given that aortic dilation in abdominal aortic aneurysm can cause compression of the ureter, abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated by retroperitoneal fibrosis is likely to result in urinary tract obstruction. Accordingly, close attention to changes in perioperative urine v...

BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the development of arterial complications like pseudoaneurysms. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient who was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft placement is reported, dia...

INTRODUCTION Although mural thrombus in an abdominal aortic aneurysm is frequent and its role has been studied extensively, complete thrombosis of an abdominal aneurysm is extremely rare and its natural history in relation to the risk of rupture is not known. The case of a patient with a completely thrombosed infrarenal aneurysm is presented along with a literature review. CASE PRESENTATION W...