Infectious aortitis in a liver transplant recipient

Abstract

The development of an abdominal aortic aneurysm secondary to infectious aortitis following solid organ transplantation is a rare event that in the absence of surgical intervention, can lead to uncontrolled sepsis, catastrophic hemorrhage and death. Arterial allografts have been a viable surgical option for the past 30 years, although operative modalities have undergone a paradigm shift in recent years. We describe the first case in the literature of a liver transplant recipient who developed an infrarenal aortic aneurysm secondary to Salmonella bacteraemia, which was treated successfully with aortic allograft transplantation. The authors describe a report of aortic allograft transplantation to manage a liver transplant recipient who had developed an infrarenal aortic aneurysm secondary to Salmonella bacteraemia. © Copyright 2013 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.