Ascending aortic graft thrombosis and diffuse embolization from early endoluminal Aspergillus infection.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.099.
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Abstract
We present a 43-year-old man who underwent emergent replacement of the ascending aorta for type A dissection and hemiarch reconstruction with a 28-mm prosthetic graft. Dramatic neurologic symptoms, renal failure, and bowel ischemia developed on postoperative day 5. A computed tomography scan showed a large floating thrombus in the ascending aortic graft and massive peripheral embolization throughout the body.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Aspergillosis
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
- Thromboembolism