Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Mycotic aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery – a rare complication of bacterial endocarditis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Mycotic aneurysm of the posterior tibial artery - a rare complication of bacterial endocarditis a case report S Patel N D Souza SV Gurjar JC Hewes and W Edrees Address Department of Surgery Medway Maritime Hospital Gillingham Kent ME7 5NY UK Email S Patel - sandeepp99@ N D Souza - nige@ SV Gurjar - svgurjar@ JC Hewes - jimhewes@ W Edrees - wedrees@ Corresponding author Published 6 November 2008 Received 6 February 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 341 doi 1752-1947-2-341 Accepted 6 November 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 341 2008 Patel et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Distal arterial embolisation and subsequent aneurysm formation are rare occurrences and most are secondary to trauma. We have found no case reports that describe posterior tibial aneurysm formation secondary to bacterial endocarditis. Case presentation We report the case of a 47-year-old Caucasian man who 2 years after an episode of subacute bacterial endocarditis presented with signs and symptoms consistent with posterior tibial aneurysm formation. Conclusion Posterior tibial aneurysm formation is a rare occurrence most commonly occurring after trauma and although other causes have been described to our knowledge endocarditis has not been implicated before and as such should therefore be borne in mind when dealing with cases where no obvious aetiology is evident. Introduction An aneurysm is a localised permanent dilatation of an artery greater than 50 of its
