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Mycotic aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery – a rare complication of bacterial endocarditis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Distal arterial embolisation and subsequent aneurysm formation are rare occurrences and most are secondary to trauma. We have found no case reports that describe posterior tibial aneurysm formation secondary to bacterial endocarditis. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 47-year-...

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Autores principales: Patel, S, D'Souza, N, Gurjar, SV, Hewes, JC, Edrees, W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-341