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Hepatic artery mycotic aneurysm of tubercular aetiology
Beeresha1, L H Ghotekar, T K Dutta
1Department of Radio-diagnosis, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-605 006.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|March 7, 2001
Abstract:
Hepatic artery aneurysm caused by tuberculosis is extremely rare, the commonest being atherosclerosis and vasculitis. A 13 year boy admitted with suspected disseminated tuberculosis had a hepatic bruit. Patient died of aneurysmal rupture before antemortem etiological diagnosis could be established. Postmortem examination revealed widespread tubercular lesions in the chest and abdomen and hepatic artery aneurysm.