Spontaneous hemothorax caused by ruptured multiple mycotic aortic aneurysms: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Mycotic aortic aneurysm (MAA) is a rare clinical entity with an incidence of 1-3%, but it is a life-threatening infection of aorta characterized by dilatation of aorta with false lumen. Multiple MAAs have been reported rarely with an incidence of 0.03% and associated with a high mortalit...

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Autores principales: Li, Po-Sung, Tsai, Chung-Lin, Hu, Sung-Yuan, Lin, Tzu-Chieh, Chang, Yao-Tien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29197388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0665-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29197388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0665-6

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