RESUMEN
A 66-year-old man presented initially with a swelling in the left side of the neck, which was confirmed to be a carotid artery aneurysm on ultrasonography. He was subsequently admitted reporting intermittent episodes of visual loss in the left eye and right arm weakness. Further imaging confirmed multiple, small acute infarcts in the left cerebral hemisphere. The patient underwent open repair of the aneurysm and made an uncomplicated recovery with no persisting neurological deficit.
Asunto(s)
Aneurisma de la Aorta/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades de las Arterias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagen , Cerebro/cirugía , Anciano , Aneurisma de la Aorta/cirugía , Enfermedades de las Arterias Carótidas/cirugía , Cerebro/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Masculino , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our district general hospital, with a rapidly growing, increasingly tender mass in the right iliac fossa, difficulty mobilising with a fixed flexion deformity of the right hip and 15 kg weight loss in 5 months. Her 8-month long surgical history for investigation of a pelvic mass stemmed from the removal of an intrauterine device. It included radiological and surgical investigations. We report the second case in the literature, of a patient presenting with abdominal wall abscess, psoas abscess and hydronephrosis as a long-term complication of Actinomyces israelii infection of the ipsilateral ovary with a favourable outcome having excluded ovarian malignancy.