Hussein Hanif, Azizi Zainal A
Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Asian J Surg. 2008 Apr;31(2):87-9. doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(08)60064-0.
A 62-year-old man presented with continuous, persistent backache shortly after completion of antituberculosis medication for tuberculosis (TB) of the spine. Computed tomography scan revealed a pseudoaneurysm involving the infrarenal aorta. He was restarted on anti-TB medication and underwent repair of the pseudoaneurysm with an in situ silver-coated bifurcated Dacron graft. His postoperative recovery was uneventful and he remained well up to 12 months of follow up. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature where an in situ silver-impregnated vascular graft has been successfully used in treating a tuberculous pseudoaneurysm.
