Mycotic aneurysm of the femoral artery resulting from mismanagement of a pathological femur fracture due to chronic osteomyelitis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Mycotic aneurysms are rarely listed among the possible complications of osteomyelitis of the long bones. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of chronic osteomyelitis associated with a pathological fracture of the femur and a mycotic aneurysm of the femoral artery. CASE...

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Autores principales: Mwaka, Erisa Sabakaki, Mulepo, Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-8

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