Abstract
The authors present two cases of infectious myocardial pseudo-aneurysms: the first was secondary to an intracardiac foreign body with mitral valve endocarditis; the second to septicaemia of urinary origin. Both cases progressed to calcification of the pseudo-aneurysm which appeared to be a mode of healing. Reviewed 20 and 19 years respectively after the initial episode, both patients have normal cardiac appearances apart from the residual myocardial calcification.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
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Aneurysm, Infected / etiology
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Aneurysm, Infected / therapy
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Calcinosis*
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Child, Preschool
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Foreign-Body Migration / complications
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Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis*
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Heart Aneurysm / etiology
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Heart Aneurysm / therapy
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Humans
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Male
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Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
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Myocardium / pathology
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Urinary Tract Infections / complications