Bailed out by TEVAR in a horrendous bleeding aortic arch cannulation site.

Background: Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair [TEVAR] is used as a gold standard treatment for aortic disease such as Type B dissection, proximal descending thoracic aortic disruption and descending thoracic aortic fistulas. There was never a report, before this one, of TEVAR utilization for uncontrolled bleeding on the aortic arch cannulation site.

Case Presentation: This case report is of a 72-year-old female patient who presented to our facility with a day history of anterior sharp pain and dyspnea.

Case of tuberculous pericarditis presenting as a giant pericardial adhesion and masquerading as a pericardial tumour.

Chronic pericarditis characterised by adhesions between the parietal and visceral pericardium is called adhesive pericarditis. In South Africa, tuberculosis is the most common cause of chronic pericarditis. We report a case of adhesive pericarditis that mimicked a tumour.