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Successful treatment of a tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis eroding the thoracoabdominal aorta: a case report
Juergen Falkensammer1, Hannes Behensky, Hannes Gruber
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. juergen.falkensammer@uibk.ac.at
Abstract:
Mycotic aortic aneurysms are rare complications of systemic tuberculosis that affect very few patients. We report a case of a false aneurysm of the visceral segment of the aorta that was associated with tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis. Both conditions were successfully treated with antituberculous chemotherapy and a combined surgical procedure, ie, aneurysm resection and homograft implantation, followed by orthopedic stabilization of the spine.