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Mycotic common carotid artery aneurysm in an immunosuppressed pediatric patient: case report
P Willemsen1, D De Roover, M Kockx
1Department of General and Vascular Surgery, AZ Middelheim, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report the case of a pediatric patient, treated for acute lymphoid leukemia, who developed a mycotic aneurysm (angioinvasive aspergillus infection) of the common carotid artery. In an emergency procedure we ligated the common carotid artery. The patient made a full recovery.