A rare cardiovascular cause of fever of unknown origin: Infected thoracal aortic aneurysm

doi:10.1016/j.crvasa.2016.03.005

Cor Vasa 2017, 59(2):e208-e209 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2016.03.005

A rare cardiovascular cause of fever of unknown origin: Infected thoracal aortic aneurysm

Belma Kalayci^*, İbrahim İlker Öz, Ahmet İşleyen, Ziyaeddin Aktop, İbrahim Akpinar: Bülen Ecevit University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, 61600 Zonguldak, Turkey

Aortitis can cause fever of unknown origin. Those affected patients had presented with sepsis. It is an important consideration that when we could not identify the origin of transthoracic echocardiography. However, it is difficult to be revealed of descending aorta by transthoracic echocardiography. Therefore computed tomography angiography may be kept in mind for diagnosis in patients with aortitis. We report a patient presenting to our hospital with sepsis and detected a saccular aneurysm and periaortic abscess and air collection in thoracal aorta due to Staphylococcus aureus.

Keywords: Aortic aneurysm; Aortitis; Fever of unknown origin; Staphylococcus aureus

Received: December 23, 2015; Accepted: March 23, 2016; Published: April 1, 2017 Show citation

Kalayci B, İlker Öz İ, İşleyen A, Aktop Z, Akpinar İ. A rare cardiovascular cause of fever of unknown origin: Infected thoracal aortic aneurysm. Cor Vasa. 2017;59(2):e208-209. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2016.03.005.

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