The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York 1989-Sep
Fever caused by leaking atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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Abstract
Two cases of leaking atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm are presented. The leakage caused fever and leukocytosis, combined with signs of peritoneal irritation. Blood hemoglobin levels were reduced. Both patients were initially treated for sepsis but within hours the cause was identified; both died in the operating theater. The experience of others is reviewed and the mechanism of fever caused by leaking aneurysm is discussed.