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A 69-year-old diabetic male with salmonella bacteremia developed hypovolemic shock and swelling of the neck. A CT examination revealed massive mediastinal hemorrhage extending into the neck soft tissues caused by false aneurysm rupture of the descending thoracic aorta. Aortography showed continuous extravasation from a large leak at the medial side of the descending thoracic aorta. Although surgical intervention was immediately performed, the patient died 3 weeks later from multiple-organ failure. In this report, CT and angiographic findings of mycotic aneurysm rupture are presented and a review is given.
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Received 30 July 1996; Revision received 20 May 1997; Accepted 24 June 1997
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Gufler, H., Buitrago-Tellez, C., Nesbitt, E. et al. Mycotic aneurysm rupture of the descending aorta. Eur Radiol 8, 295–297 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050383
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