Hematemesis, a Rare Sign of Aortic Infection

Non-typhoid salmonella infection of a mycotic aortic aneurysm is rare, but it is fatal when diagnosis is delayed. The clinical presentation is often nonspecific and varies widely, with fryer being the initial common initial presentation. Early diagnosis requires a high level of alertness and a detailed history. We report a 77 year-old man who visited our emergency room with complaints of vomiting with blood content fir two days, with increasing severity. The chest radiographs showed infiltration of the paraaortic arch, left lung fields. A ruptured aneurysm was diagnosed only after contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) was performed. The patient received immediate surgical treatment and adequate preoperative and postoperative antimicrobial therapy