Mycotic Aneurysm Due to Leclercia Adecarboxylata: A Complication of Vertebral Osteomyelitis.

Leclercia adecarboxylata is a gram-negative bacterium and member of Enterobacteriaceae family. It has most frequently been isolated from lower wounds as a part of mixed flora. Mycotic aneurysms were first described by Osler and were mostly associated with infective endocarditis.

Hemiatrophy of the tongue caused by an extensive vagus nerve schwannoma masquerading as a carotid chemodectoma.

Background: Carotid chemodectomas or carotid body tumors are rare neoplasms, generally benign and frequently asymptomatic, which represent 0.6 % of all head and neck tumours. Schwannomas or neurilemmomas are benign, slow growing tumours that derive from the sheath of peripheral and cranial nerves.

Acute infrarenal aortic thrombosis presenting with flaccid paraplegia.

Study Design: This study is a case report.

Objective: To report a case of a patient with paraplegia and low back pain, who was diagnosed with acute infrarenal aortic thrombosis.

Summary Of Background Data: There have been few reports in the literature regarding acute aortic thrombosis presenting with paraplegia.

High-sensitivity CRP is correlated with neurologic symptoms and plaque instability in patients with severe stenosis of the carotid bifurcation.

The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and E-selectin with clinical manifestations and plaque characteristics in 88 patients (69 with and 19 without neurological symptoms) with high-grade stenosis of the carotid bifurcation who underwent endarterectomy. The grade of stenosis was quantified by duplex ultrasonography and digital subtraction angiography. Preoperatively, serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and E-selectin were measured.

Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery: a potential cause of intermittent claudication.

Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) is an uncommon and rare vascular entity characterized by a highly viscous and mucinous cyst located in the adventitia of an artery. Although first described in the external iliac artery, the disease is more frequently sited in the popliteal artery. ACD characteristically occurs in young adults, mostly male, with intermittent claudication as the initial presenting symptom.

Operative and nonoperative management of children aged 13 years or younger with arterial trauma of the extremities.

Background: Previous studies have suggested that open repair of arterial injuries in very young children often leads to less satisfactory outcomes. The aim of this study is to describe a decade's experience in the management of pediatric arterial trauma of the limbs, with an additional specific objective to evaluate the long-term outcome of arterial traumas in preschool children treated conservatively.

Methods: Hospital charts were reviewed for all children aged < or =13 years with arterial trauma of the extremities who underwent operative or nonoperative treatment.

Onset of arterial 'steal' following proximal angioaccess: immediate and delayed types.

Background: Critical hand ischaemia following angioaccess is a potentially devastating complication and timely surgical repair is necessary to prevent permanent sequelae. However, the duration of the post-operative surveillance needed to exclude its occurrence has not been determined.

Methods: A retrospective review conducted over a 10-year period revealed 28 patients with critical hand ischaemia following access and surgical repair.