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Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm Following Treatment of Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Kwong Wah Hospital
¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, China

For reprint information contact: Siu-Bon Woo, MRCS Tel: 852 3517 5058 Fax: 852 2709 2967 Email: ansonwoo{at}netvigator.com, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kwong Wah Hospital, 25 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

Mycotic aortic aneurysm is a surgical emergency. However, its bizarre presentations could delay the golden hour of surgical reconstruction which is the mainstay of treatment. We report a case of mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch which developed in the postoperative period after surgical treatment of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis at the lower thoracic level.