Mycotic Aneurysm of the Brachial Artery after Cure of Bacterial Endocarditis

Abstract

THE occurrence of mycotic aneurysm secondary to bacterial endocarditis is comparatively rare. In 1923 Stengel and Wolferth¹ reviewed 217 cases, 187 of which had associated bacterial endocarditis. The sites of predilection were as follows: aorta, 66; superior mesenteric artery, 24; hepatic artery, 19; femoral artery, 16; splenic artery, 15; middle cerebral artery, 14; other intracranial arteries, 14; and brachial artery, 10. The authors pointed out that the most frequent sources of the primary infection, other than the heart, were located in the lung and in bone. Several attempts had been made to ligate or to remove mycotic aneurysms but, according . . .