Down syndrome: a risk factor for mycotic aneurysm?

Vascular. 2010 Sep-Oct;18(5):297-8. doi: 10.2310/6670.2010.00040.

Abstract

Down syndrome, or trisomy 21, has a characteristic constellation of clinical findings, including various congenital heart defects. We report a case of an adult male with Down syndrome who presented with a 3-week history of lower limb pain and swelling, attributed to cellulitis. Clinical and angiographic evaluation identified a below-knee mycotic pseudoaneurysm secondary to infective endocarditis. Surgical aneurysmal repair and revascularization were performed. Various management options are outlined in this report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Down Syndrome / complications*
  • Down Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation
  • Tibial Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibial Arteries* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome