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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct;29(10):1419-20.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2838-5. Epub 2014 Apr 24.

Aortic graft infection

Barry Ladizinski  1 , Christopher Sankey
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Case Reports

Aortic graft infection

Barry Ladizinski et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Oct.
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Figure 1
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging revealing intense uptake in the infrarenal aorta.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography of the abdomen with significant wall thickening and associated stranding corresponding to the area of intake on PET study. The combined findings on PET-CT imaging are indicative of infectious aortitis.
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