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Jpn. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2001
Case ReportsImpending rupture in an aortic arch aneurysm by Candida infection.
- H Minami, N Wakita, Y Kawanishi, I Kitano, and M Sakata.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital, 4-1-23 Kagoikedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City 651-0053, Japan.
- Jpn. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2001 Mar 1; 49 (3): 178-80.
AbstractA 68-year-old man was hospitalized with the complaints of left back pain and fever. He had a history of using steroids to treat uveitis for about thirty years. Computed tomography on the chest demonstrated an impending rupture in an aortic arch aneurysm, which was consequently surgically excised. Candida albicans was identified in the wall of the aneurysm, so fluconazole and itraconazole were administered. The patient was discharged at 120 days after surgery without recrudescence of the candida. To our knowledge, this is the fifteenth case of a successfully treated aneurysm caused by candida infection.
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