Rupture of an infectious pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch in an end-stage renal failure patient with chronic hemodialysis

Clin Nephrol. 2015 Jul;84(1):39-43. doi: 10.5414/CN108279.

Abstract

In hemodialysis patients, vascular access infection remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. It has various complications, including bacterial endocarditis, spinal epidural abscess, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and septic pulmonary emboli. However, aortitis with infected pseudoaneurysm formation is very rare. Here, we report a case of necrotizing aortitis in a hemodialysis patient with an arteriovenous graft infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / microbiology
  • Aneurysm, False / pathology*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / injuries
  • Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
  • Aortitis / microbiology
  • Aortitis / pathology*
  • Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / adverse effects*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / microbiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / pathology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
  • Renal Dialysis / methods
  • Rupture, Spontaneous