[Mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery complicating infectious endocarditis]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1988 Mar;45(3):189-92.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 7 year-old boy, in whom a mycotic aneurysm of the lobar inferior left pulmonary artery had been found in the course of a staphylococcal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve. Surgical removal of the aneurysm was followed by a thrombosis of this artery. This is a rare complication after infective endocarditis. Analysis of literature data shows that the rupture of these aneurysms frequently occurs; therefore, systematic surgical treatment is recommended whenever the anatomic conditions make it possible.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / etiology*
  • Child
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Radiography
  • Risk Factors
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*