Asymptomatic Mycotic Aneurysm of Ascending Aorta After Heart Transplantation: A Case Report

N. Behzadnia, Z.H. Ahmadi, M.H. Mandegar, F. Salehi, B. Sharif-Kashani, M. Pourabdollah, Z. Ansari-Aval, A.-A. Kianfar, S.M. Mirhosseini, and M. Eiji

Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Centre, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mycotic pseudoaneurysm and aneurysm of the ascending aorta is a very rare and potentially fatal complication of heart transplantation. It usually presents with fever, chest pain, dyspnea, or constitutional symptoms. Most reports in the literature are about mycotic pseudoaneurysm, but mycotic aneurysm is rarer. Herein we report a 39-year-old man in who had an asymptomatic mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta developed late (1 year) after orthotopic heart transplantation. There was no history of previous mediastinitis or any other important infection. He underwent an uneventful replacement of the ascending aorta.

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Transplantation Proceedings, 47, 213e216 (2015)