Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature
Mycotic hepatic artery aneurysm is a vascular pathology associated with bacterial endocarditis. It is rare in occurrence after the introduction of effective antibiotics. We present a young patient with injection drug abuse associated staphylococcal endocarditis which was successfully treated with an...
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| author | Dhara Chaudhari Atif Saleem Pranav Patel Sara Khan Mark Young Gene LeSage |
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| description | Mycotic hepatic artery aneurysm is a vascular pathology associated with bacterial endocarditis. It is rare in occurrence after the introduction of effective antibiotics. We present a young patient with injection drug abuse associated staphylococcal endocarditis which was successfully treated with antibiotics and valve replacement who presented with abdominal pain. He was found to have mycotic aneurysm of hepatic artery which was successfully treated with coil embolization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-790d0fcd6a46472abc5a37112a4dcc072025-02-03T05:47:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65872090-65952013-01-01201310.1155/2013/610818610818Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the LiteratureDhara Chaudhari0Atif Saleem1Pranav Patel2Sara Khan3Mark Young4Gene LeSage5Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, 1008 Quality Circle, Apartment 79, Johnson City, TN 37615, USAMycotic hepatic artery aneurysm is a vascular pathology associated with bacterial endocarditis. It is rare in occurrence after the introduction of effective antibiotics. We present a young patient with injection drug abuse associated staphylococcal endocarditis which was successfully treated with antibiotics and valve replacement who presented with abdominal pain. He was found to have mycotic aneurysm of hepatic artery which was successfully treated with coil embolization.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/610818 |
| spellingShingle | Dhara Chaudhari Atif Saleem Pranav Patel Sara Khan Mark Young Gene LeSage Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature Case Reports in Hepatology |
| title | Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Hepatic Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Associated with Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Successful Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | hepatic artery mycotic aneurysm associated with staphylococcal endocarditis with successful treatment case report with review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/610818 |
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