Repeated gallium-67 scan demonstrating an occult mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch due to Salmonella

  • Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(3):199-202. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026997.
Pan-Fu Kao  1 ,  Kuo-Su Chen ,  Ming-Fong Tsai ,  Shu-Hang Ng ,  Kai-Yuan Tzen
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. [email protected]
PMID: 12751718 DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026997
Abstract

A 71 y-old female with 40 degrees C fever and a change in consciousness during haemodialysis was referred for a gallium-67 scan, which revealed a horseshoe-like radioactive accumulation in the mediastinal region. Salmonella enteritidis was isolated from blood culture. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed an aortic arch aneurysm. The patient died without surgery.