TB Research

Endovascular repair of a bacillus Calmette-Guérin mycotic aortic aneurysm

Nader Tehrani, Sara Will, Pegge Halandras

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques · 2022-08

Abstract

used for intravesical treatment of bladder carcinoma. Aortic infection has been rare. In the present report, we have described the case of a patient with an infrarenal mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm and para-aortic abscess after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin and cystectomy. Sampling of the abscess demonstrated acid-fast bacilli. Given the hostile anatomy of the abdomen, he was offered endovascular aortic repair. A thoracic endograft was used to cover the lesion. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 2 without incident. He was seen at 1 and 6 months with resolution of his pseudoaneurysm found on the imaging studies. The technique shows promise for stabilizing such lesions with close surveillance.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Pseudoaneurysm
  • Mycotic aneurysm
  • Surgery
  • Cystectomy
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Endovascular aneurysm repair
  • Lesion
  • Abscess
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Radiology
  • Aneurysm