N Papazoglou1, M Samarkos1, C Vergadis2, E Cholongitas1. 1. 1st Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece. 2. Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Radiology, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Endograft infection complicating endovascular aneurysm repairs is infrequent and presents various symptoms and findings, the most common being abdominal pain, fever, fatigue, and gastrointestinal bleeding. DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE: Α 75-year-old male patient with endovascular graft infection presented with a three-day history of fever and was initially misdiagnosed as a bacteremic urinary tract infection. Due to high surgical risk, a drainage tube was placed, and the patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics for three weeks and then with oral antibiotics for two months. On the six-month follow-up, there were no signs of infection recurrence. CONCLUSION: Endovascular graft infections generally require antibiotic therapy combined with surgical debridement and revascularization. This case illustrates a successful alternative management strategy with percutaneous drainage of the aortic sac abscess combined with long-term oral antibiotic therapy. This case also underlines the high index of suspicion necessary for the accurate and timely diagnosis and management of endovascular graft infections. HIPPOKRATIA 2021, 25 (2) 91-93. Copyright 2021, Hippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki.
BACKGROUND: Endograft infection complicating endovascular aneurysm repairs is infrequent and presents various symptoms and findings, the most common being abdominal pain, fever, fatigue, and gastrointestinal bleeding. DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE: Α 75-year-old male patient with endovascular graft infection presented with a three-day history of fever and was initially misdiagnosed as a bacteremic urinary tract infection. Due to high surgical risk, a drainage tube was placed, and the patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics for three weeks and then with oral antibiotics for two months. On the six-month follow-up, there were no signs of infection recurrence. CONCLUSION: Endovascular graft infections generally require antibiotic therapy combined with surgical debridement and revascularization. This case illustrates a successful alternative management strategy with percutaneous drainage of the aortic sac abscess combined with long-term oral antibiotic therapy. This case also underlines the high index of suspicion necessary for the accurate and timely diagnosis and management of endovascular graft infections. HIPPOKRATIA 2021, 25 (2) 91-93. Copyright 2021, Hippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki.
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