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. 2020 Nov;35(11):3372-3373.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06044-1. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endograft Repair

Ian Coulter  1 , Anunta Virapongse  2
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Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endograft Repair

Ian Coulter et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Nov.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
CT demonstrating an inflamed aneurysmal sac (white arrows) surrounding the endograft (black arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Indium-111 WBC scintigraphy showing localization of tagged WBCs to the aneurysmal sac and endograft (black arrows). Areas of heavy aggregation of labeled leukocytes are visualized as bright yellow and orange in this image. White arrows surrounding the aneurysmal sac outline the area of probable infection. The lumbar vertebrae show white cell accumulation as a normal artifact which does not represent an inflammatory process.
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