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
- 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
