Gerada J, Ganeshanantham G, Dawwas MF, Winterbottom AP, Sivaprakasam R, Butler AJ, Alexander GJ. Infectious aortitis in a liver transplant recipient.
Am J Transplant 2013;
13:2479-82. [PMID:
23919247 DOI:
10.1111/ajt.12353]
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Abstract
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.
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