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Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm
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A 76-year old man with a history of sepsis was found to have a pseudoaneurysm at the INVITED FACULTY ANTONIA TOESCA MILANO ITALY EISUKE FUKUMA CHIBA JAPAN ROGER NGAN HONG KONG CHINA
posterior wall of the paravisceral aorta (arrow), with bony destruction of the L1 vertebra. GUY SEONG CHOI DAEGU KOREA MASAAKI ITO TOKYO JAPAN HERMANN KESSLER CLEVELAND USA
This is a classical appearance of a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the aorta. His left kidney DES WINTER DUBLIN IRELAND JIANMIN XU SHANGHAI CHINA
is atrophic due to occlusion of the left renal artery. Treatment is either by open repair of
the paravisceral segment, or endovascular repair with a fenestrated graft, and life long JANUARY 15
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