A 6-year-old boy with a previous history of intracardiac correction of a partial atrioventricular canal defect presented with infective endocarditis. Despite antibiotic therapy and reoperation, he developed a mycotic abdominal aneurysm. In situ aortoiliac reconstruction with a prosthesis and an omental flap was performed. At follow-up after 2 {Mathematical expression} years there were no signs of prosthetic infection or problems with the anastomoses.

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doi.org/10.1007/BF00176426, hdl.handle.net/1765/73954
Pediatric Surgery International
Department of Pediatric Surgery

Suijker, W., Bergmeijer, J. H., Hamming, J., & Molenaar, J. C. (1991). A mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a child. Pediatric Surgery International, 6(2), 148–149. doi:10.1007/BF00176426