Early Diagnosis of Nonaneurysmal Infectious Thoracic Aortitis Using Transesophageal Echocardiogram in a Patient with Purulent Meningitis | Zendy

Ricardo J. Lopes | Zendy; Jorge Almeida | Zendy; Paula Dias | Zendy; Paulo Pinho | Zendy; Maria Júlia Maciel | Zendy

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Early Diagnosis of Nonaneurysmal Infectious Thoracic Aortitis Using Transesophageal Echocardiogram in a Patient with Purulent Meningitis

Author(s) -

Ricardo J. Lopes,

Jorge Almeida,

Paula Dias,

Paulo Pinho,

Maria Júlia Maciel

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

cardiology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2090-8016

pISSN - 2090-0597

DOI - 10.4061/2009/769694

Subject(s) - aortitis , medicine , transesophageal echocardiogram , endocarditis , mycotic aneurysm , infectious disease (medical specialty) , thoracic aortic aneurysm , meningitis , infective endocarditis , thoracic aorta , aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , radiology , surgery , disease , aorta

Infectious thoracic aortitis is a rare entity in the antibiotic era and usually appears in patients with prior aortic disease and/or associated infective endocarditis. Infected nonaneurysmal aorta will likely progress to mycotic aneurysm if left untreated. In most of the reports, infectious thoracic aortitis presents with a mycotic aneurysm. We report the case of a patient with a nonaneurysmal infectious thoracic aortitis, probably secondary to purulent meningitis, early diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiogram.

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