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Miliary tuberculosis presenting as bilateral superficial femoral artery mycotic aneurysm in an immunocompetent patient
Mycotic tuberculous aneurysm is extremely rare. The aorta is the main affected artery however; iliac and less commonly femoral arteries can also be affected. In 75% of the cases a contagious focus leads to infection through erosion of the vessel wall; on the other hand direct seeding of the blood ve...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.01.020 |