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SUBMITTER: Smith CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroplasty today 20200805 3
We present a bleeding, infected (mycotic) pseudoaneurysm from the organism <i>Pasteurella multocida</i>. The patient presented septic from an infected total hip arthroplasty and was treated with surgical debridement, component retention, and antibiotics. She re-presented with hip pain and a marked hemoglobin decrease. Vascular studies revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the external iliac artery and large hematoma secondary to contiguous spread of her hip infection. The pseudoaneurysm was treated with ...[more]