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  • Title: Pulmonary mycotic aneurysms secondary to infective endocarditis in a patient with a persistent ductus arteriosus and partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
    Author: Caplin JL, Dymond DS, Barrett DS, Rees RS, Rees GM, Spurrell RA.
    Journal: Eur Heart J; 1985 Nov; 6(11):985-8. PubMed ID: 3841064.
    Abstract:
    Mycotic aneurysms are a rare but recognized complication of infective endocarditis. Aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are usually associated with infected congenital heart lesions and especially with persistent ductus arteriosus. This report deals with a patient with a persistent ductus who developed multiple mycotic aneurysms in the right lung following infective endocarditis, and whose management was complicated by anomalous venous drainage of most of the contralacteral lung. Surgical closure of the ductus to reduce pulmonary blood flow failed to prevent haemoptysis, and further surgery to ligate the feeder arteries to the aneurysms was required.
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