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Graft Replacement and Muscle Wrap for Infected Aneurysm of Thoracic Aorta

Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

For reprint information contact: Masayuki Sakaki, MD Tel: 81 6 6771 6051 Fax: 81 6 6775 2889 Email: msakaki{at}oph.gr.jp, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, 10-31 Kitayamachou, Tennouji, Osaka 543-0035, Japan.

A 68-year-old man was admitted with high fever and enlargement of the distal aortic arch on chest radiography. Computed tomography showed a huge proximal descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Graft replacement of the proximal descending thoracic aorta was performed on an emergency basis, and a pectoralis major muscle flap was wrapped around the graft. Salmonella enteritidis was detected in the resected tissue. The patient recovered well, with no signs of infection.