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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2015; 03(06): 199-200
DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2015.14.055
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Successive Stages of Mycotic Aortic Arch Aneurysm Development

Walid Ghodbane
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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Matthias Kirsch
1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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03 September 2014

01 June 2015

Publication Date:
24 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

An 81-year-old male presented with an abscessed tumor of the cecum and complicated by a mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch. We present successive stages of mycotic aneurysm development as seen on serial computerized tomography scans.

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Aortic aneurysm - Computerized tomography
 

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