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Mycotic aneurysm leading to iliac arteriovenous fistula diagnosed by vascular duplex color scan.
Author(s) -
Huang P L,
Chua S,
Guo G B,
Fu M
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1998.17.8.513
Subject(s) - medicine , chills , mycotic aneurysm , surgery , fistula , arteriovenous fistula , radiology , aneurysm , iliac fossa , abdominal aneurysm , abdominal pain , abdominal aortic aneurysm
Arteriovenous fistula between common iliac vessels is uncommon. Most of the reported cases are secondary to lumbar disc surgery. Mycotic aneurysm of iliac vessels caused by bacterial infection is even rarer. We describe the case of a 63 year old man with dyspnea, abdominal pain, bipedal edema, chills and fever. He had a right common iliac AVF as a result of a ruptured salmonella mycotic aneurysm, and the diagnosis was made by vascular duplex color scan.