Tuberculous Infection of the Descending Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta: Case Report and Literature Review

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= 16), thoracic (n= 8), and thoracoabdominal (n= 2) aorta. Six patients had emergent operations for massive hemoptysis (n= 2), aortoduodenal fistula (n= 2), or abdominal rupture (n= 2), with an associated 30-day mortality of 50%. Elective or semi-elective repair was undertaken in 20 patients, of whom 19 (95%) survived for at least 30 days. On the basis of limited experience with this rare entity, in situ graft replacement is an appropriate treatment of tuberculous aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms of the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta.