Mycotic popliteal aneurysm in an HIV-positive patient: a case report
Grégoire Kouakou Ayegnon, Mohamed Diané, Samuel Kouamé Abro, Alassane Binaté, Ismaël Kouadio N'guessan, Christophe Gueu Meneas, Florent Kouakou Diby, Ambroise Loa Gnaba, Evelyne Pinnin Ouattara, Fatouma Sall, Anicet Kassi Adoubi · 2025
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Description
An infected bulge in the artery behind the knee is rare, rarer still in the medical literature, and HIV makes it likelier. Grégoire Ayegnon and co-authors report one such case in a 2025 paper from a university hospital in Ivory Coast. Their 49-year-old patient arrived with a painful popliteal mass, limping, the leg starved of blood and the aneurysm near rupture.
CT angiography showed a mycotic pseudoaneurysm with surrounding abscesses, and pathology confirmed a fungal ball, a eumycetoma. The authors explain the mechanism: HIV weakens the defenses of the artery wall and lets mycobacteria colonize it easily. Surgery remains the treatment of choice, paired with intensive treatment of the infection itself. The case adds a West African report to a thin global record.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Grégoire Kouakou Ayegnon, Mohamed Diané, Samuel Kouamé Abro, Alassane Binaté, Ismaël Kouadio N'guessan, Christophe Gueu Meneas, Florent Kouakou Diby, Ambroise Loa Gnaba, Evelyne Pinnin Ouattara, Fatouma Sall, Anicet Kassi Adoubi |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |