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A mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a child

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A 6-year-old boy with a previous history of intracardiac correction of a partial atrioventricular canal defect presented with infective endocarditis. Despite antibiotic therapy and reoperation, he developed a mycotic abdominal aneurysm. In situ aortoiliac reconstruction with a prosthesis and an omental flap was performed. At follow-up after 2\({\raise0.5ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 1$}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.15em\lower0.25ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 2$}}\) years there were no signs of prosthetic infection or problems with the anastomoses.

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  1. Departments of Pediatric Surgery, Juliana Children's Hospital, The Hague, and Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    W. Suijker, J. H. Bergmeijer, J. J. Hamming & J. C. Molenaar

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Suijker, W., Bergmeijer, J.H., Hamming, J.J. et al. A mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a child. Pediatr Surg Int 6, 148–149 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176426

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