Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) secondary to Coxiella burnetii infections are rare but carry important implications. The diagnosis is difficult due to unspecific symptoms. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first AAA caused by chronic Q fever treated with an endoprosthesis.

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Autores principales: Lima, Pedro Novais, Carvalho, Ruben, Constancio, Vania, Silva, Joana Cruz, Nunes, Celso, Silva, Eduardo, Goncalves, Anabela, Fonseca, Manuel, Antunes, Luis F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527110
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3760
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author Lima, Pedro Novais
Carvalho, Ruben
Constancio, Vania
Silva, Joana Cruz
Nunes, Celso
Silva, Eduardo
Goncalves, Anabela
Fonseca, Manuel
Antunes, Luis F.
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Carvalho, Ruben
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Nunes, Celso
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spelling pubmed-84258162021-09-14 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind Lima, Pedro Novais Carvalho, Ruben Constancio, Vania Silva, Joana Cruz Nunes, Celso Silva, Eduardo Goncalves, Anabela Fonseca, Manuel Antunes, Luis F. J Med Cases Case Report Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) secondary to Coxiella burnetii infections are rare but carry important implications. The diagnosis is difficult due to unspecific symptoms. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first AAA caused by chronic Q fever treated with an endoprosthesis. Elmer Press 2021-09 2021-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8425816/ /pubmed/34527110 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3760 Text en Copyright 2021, Lima et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lima, Pedro Novais
Carvalho, Ruben
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Silva, Joana Cruz
Nunes, Celso
Silva, Eduardo
Goncalves, Anabela
Fonseca, Manuel
Antunes, Luis F.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title_full Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title_fullStr Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title_full_unstemmed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title_short Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Q Fever: An Odd Connection to Keep in Mind
title_sort abdominal aortic aneurysms and q fever: an odd connection to keep in mind
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527110
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3760
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