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Ascending aortic aneurysm caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, November 2015
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Title
Ascending aortic aneurysm caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in
BMC Research Notes, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13104-015-1667-x
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Upul Pathirana, Saman Kularatne, Suneth Karunaratne, Gamini Ranasinghe, Janakie Fernando

Abstract

Tuberculous aortitis is an unusual presentation of a common disease in Sri Lanka. There were no reported cases of tuberculous aortitis from Sri Lanka. Here we report a case of a 40-year-old woman who developed an ascending aortic aneurysm with severe aortic regurgitation caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A 40-year-old Sri Lankan female who presented with exertional breathlessness (NYHA II) and weight loss for 4 weeks duration was found to have collapsing pulse and early diastolic murmur at left sternal edge. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiogram showed ascending aortic aneurysm with severe aortic regurgitation. Computed tomographic aortography confirmed the diagnosis of aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta. She underwent successful aortic valve replacement and aortic root replacement. The final diagnosis of tuberculous aortitis was made on the basis of macroscopic appearance of inflammation and microscopic confirmation of caseating granuloma. She made a good clinical recovery with category 1 antituberculous chemotherapy. Although most cases of aortitis are non-infectious in Sri Lanka, an infectious etiology must be considered in the differential diagnosis because therapeutic approaches differ widely. Tuberculous aortitis may be under diagnosed in Sri Lanka, a country with intermediate tuberculosis burden, as the histological or microbiological diagnosis is not possible in most cases. The clinical and radiological diagnostic criteria for tuberculous aortitis need to be set out in case of aneurysmal aortic disease in the absence of apparent etiology.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Turkey 1 4%
Unknown 22 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 9%
Lecturer 1 4%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 4%
Other 4 17%
Unknown 9 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 39%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Unknown 11 48%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2017.
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#3,412,503
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