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Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in an eighteen-month-old child

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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We report the case of an infected aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a 18 month-old child, discovered by routine palpation of the abdomen during hospitalization for pneumonia. Ultrasonography and arteriography showed a 6 cm aneurysm of the abdominal aorta beginning distal to the renal arteries which occluded the right common Iliac artery. The aneurysm was treated by interposing a 6 mm Gore-Tex graft between the infrarenal aorta and the aortic bifurcation. Pathologic examination of the aneurysmal wall demonstrated a leukocytic Infiltrate and the presence of encapsulated Gram positive organisms. Arterial aneurysms are exceedingly rare in children. Their etiology is varied: infection, connective tissue disease, trauma, inflammatory arterial disease or other rare diseases such as tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, or Beçhet’s disease.

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  1. Jean Olivier Defraigne MD

    Present address: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Hôpital de Bavière, 4000, Liège, Belgium

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Hôpital de Bavière, 4000, Liège, Belgium

    Jean Pierre Paquot MD, Etienne Creemers MD & Raymond MD Limet

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Defraigne, J.O., Paquot, J.P., Creemers, E. et al. Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in an eighteen-month-old child. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2, 193–195 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03187574

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