Successful Treatment for a Ruptured Solitary Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Left External Iliac Artery: A Case Report

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Vascular Surgery Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 257 - 260
• Main Authors: Yoshida, Homare, Shimoe, Yasushi, Hosoya, Yuta, Okuda, Naoki, Kawahito, Tomohisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY 02.07.2023
• Subjects: external iliac artery aneurysm; extra-anatomical revascularization; ruptured aneurysm; tuberculous aneurysm

We report an extremely rare case of ruptured tuberculous external iliac artery aneurysm. A 75-year-old woman was admitted to another hospital 8 months ago for pleural inflammation and was treated with antibiotics. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in the pleural fluid submitted at that time. S...