Infectious dissecting aortic aneurysm due to Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae mimicked large vessel vasculitis

Satoshi Suzuki; Takeshi Nakazawa; Keigo Ikeda; Shinji Morimoto

doi:10.22541/au.167039469.93423575/v1

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Infectious dissecting aortic aneurysm due to Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae mimicked large vessel vasculitis

Satoshi Suzuki,
Takeshi Nakazawa,
Keigo Ikeda,
Shinji Morimoto

Abstract

This report highlights about an infectious dissecting aortic aneurysm caused by a rare pathogen, Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae, which had to be initially diagnosed large vessel vasculitis (LVV). Even with the availability of FDG-PET, it may be difficult to distinguish between an infectious aortic aneurysm and LVV.