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A 66-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of pyrexia, chest pain and hemosptum. Inflammatory findings were made and salmonella enteritidis was detected by bacterial examination of sputum and stool. Enhanced chest CT examination disclosed a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm which had ruptured into the left lower lobe of the lung. Under a diagnosis of ruptured mycotic descending thoracic aortic aneurysm, an emergency operation was performed. A left posterolateral thoracotomy carried out after axillo-bilateral femoral bypass grafting. A pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta had ruptured into the left lower lobe of the lung. After resection of the aneurysm, closure of both ends of the intact descending thoracic aorta and a left lower lobectomy were carried out. An ascending aorta-infrarenal abdominal aorta bypass was performed because of insufficien visceral arterial blood flow through the axillo-bilateral femoral bypass. The patient’s immediate postoperative recovery was complicated by paraplegia. Chloramphenicol and levofloxacin were administered for three months, after which his recovery followed a good course.
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Tabuchi, A., Inada, H., Murakami, T. et al. A Case of Ruptured Desceding Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Due to Salmonella Infection. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 46, 231–235 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03250625
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