TY - JOUR
TI - External iliac artery stent mucormycosis in a renal transplant patient
AU - Liapis, CD
AU - Petrikkos, GL
AU - Paraskevas, KI
AU - Skiada, A and
AU - Nikolaou, AC
AU - Tzortzis, G
AU - Kostakis, AG
JO - Annals of Vascular Surgery
PY - 2006
VL - 20
TODO - 2
SP - 253-257
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 0890-5096
TODO - 10.1007/s10016-006-9007-1
TODO - null
TODO - A Mucorales infection of an external iliac artery stent in a renal
transplant patient is described. Following a kidney transplantation
operation and an acute rejection of the transplant, an aneurysm
developed at the site of the arterial ligation and three stents were
inserted. Two months following insertion of the stents, recurrent
episodes of peripheral thromboembolism occurred. Histological
examination of the thrombus revealed hyphae characteristic of
mucormycosis. A combination of surgical and medical treatment with
intravenous liposomal amphotericin B was applied, which led to complete
cure of the disease without infection recurrence after 1 year of
follow-up.
ER -