An extremely rare case of suprarenal mycotic aortic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, secondary to tuberculous infection in a 14-year-old boy is reported. He required a Dacron graft implantation with visceral arterial reimplantation on an emergency basis. The patient died in the early postoperative period because of bleeding due to disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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