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Infectious Aortitis in a Liver Transplant Recipient
Author(s) -
Gerada J.,
Ganeshanantham G.,
Dawwas M. F.,
Winterbottom A. P.,
Sivaprakasam R.,
Butler A. J.,
Alexander G. J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12353
Subject(s) - medicine , aortitis , sepsis , surgery , abdominal aortic aneurysm , liver transplantation , transplantation , aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , aorta
The development of an abdominal aortic aneurysm secondary to infectious aortitis following solid organ transplantation is a rare event that in the absence of surgical intervention, can lead to uncontrolled sepsis, catastrophic hemorrhage and death. Arterial allografts have been a viable surgical option for the past 30 years, although operative modalities have undergone a paradigm shift in recent years. We describe the first case in the literature of a liver transplant recipient who developed an infrarenal aortic aneurysm secondary to Salmonella bacteraemia, which was treated successfully with aortic allograft transplantation.