Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta: Endovascular Repair Using Stent Grafts in Two Cases

  • Wei Chiang Liu (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Byung Kook Kwak (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Kyo Nam Kim (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Soon Yong Kim (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Joung Joo Woo (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Dong Jin Chung (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Ju Hee Hong (Department of Radiology, Sung-Ae General Hospital) ;
  • Ho Sung Kim (Department of General Surgery, Ahn-Yang Chung-Ang Medical Center) ;
  • Chang Jun Lee (Department of Radiology, National Medical Center) ;
  • Hyung Jin Shim (Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 1999.10.19
  • Accepted : 2000.07.09
  • Published : 2000.12.31

Abstract

Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. To date, the standard therapy for mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has been surgery involving in-situ graft placement or extra-anatomic bypass surgery followed by effective anti-tuberculous medication. Only recently has the use of a stent graft in the treatment of tuberculous aortic aneurysm been described in the literature. We report two cases in which a tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was successfully repaired using endovascular stent grafts. One case involved is a 42-year-old woman with a large suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and a right psoas abscess, and the other, a 41-year-old man in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptured during surgical drainage of a psoas abscess.

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