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  • Title: Successful endoluminal repair of an infected thoracic pseudoaneurysm caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Author: Bell RE, Taylor PR, Aukett M, Evans GH, Reidy JF.
    Journal: J Endovasc Ther; 2003 Feb; 10(1):29-32. PubMed ID: 12751926.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To report the successful endoluminal repair of an infected thoracic aneurysm secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). CASE REPORT: A 76-year-old man presented with an infected thoracic pseudoaneurysm 9 weeks after an elective infrarenal aneurysm repair. Blood cultures were positive for MRSA. Computed tomography (CT) showed an 11.5-cm false aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta just proximal to the celiac axis. An Excluder stent-graft was used to successfully repair the lesion. Recovery was uneventful, and the patient was treated with linezolid for 6 weeks. Follow-up CT scans at 3 and 12 months confirmed exclusion of the aneurysm and progressive shrinkage of the aneurysm sac with no evidence of graft infection. CONCLUSIONS: Endoluminal repair is an alternative to open surgery for the treatment of infected aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.
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