Fuladi Swapnil, Kamerkar Dhanesh, Bhate Sudhir, Dhekne Aniruddha
Department of CVTS, Ruby Hall Clinic, 201, S-9, Sun Paradise Phase 2, Sun City Road, Anand Nagar, Pune 411051 India.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, 411001 India.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul;34(3):381-383. doi: 10.1007/s12055-017-0580-4. Epub 2017 Aug 18.
Dacron grafts have been used as a conduit for large calibre arteries for many years successfully. However, these grafts can undergo complications such as aneurysm formation, rupture, and failure [1]. We report an unusual complication of a Dacron graft in a 45-year-old woman who had undergone extra-anatomical bypass for Takayasu aorto-arteritis aged 12 years. She presented with pain and pulsatile swelling in the left hypochondrium. Imaging confirmed huge fusiform aneurysm of Dacron graft involving all of its length. She underwent median sternotomy with laparotomy to replace aneurysmal graft with new Dacron graft.