Tubercular mycotic aortic aneurysm presenting with fever of unknown origin

Ayşegül Beste Öztepe; Andaç Komaç; Rıfat Somay; Şükran Köse; Harun Akar

doi:10.5606/fng.btd.2017.023

Ayşegül Beste Öztepe¹, Andaç Komaç¹, Rıfat Somay², Şükran Köse², Harun Akar¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
²Department of Infectious Diseases, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

Keywords: Miliary tuberculosis; mycotic aortic aneurysm; tubercular mycotic aortic aneurysm

Abstract

Mycotic aneurysms and infected aneurysms are synonyms. Mycotic aneurysm secondary to tuberculosis is a rare entity. In this article we report a case presenting with fever of unknown origin and abdominal pain and diagnosed with mycotic aortic aneurysm secondary to miliary tuberculosis, para- aortic lymph node involvement which is ultimately referred for surgery after anti-tuberculosis treatment.