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Ascending Aortic Graft Pseudoaneurysm With Sternal Erosion: A Presentation of Candidal Infection
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Ascending Aortic Graft Pseudoaneurysm With Sternal Erosion: A Presentation of Candidal Infection

Manuel Caceres, David E. Halpern and Robert L. Hooker
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.103(3)
2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.034

Abstract

Aged Aneurysm, False Aorta Aortic Aneurysm Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation Candidiasis Female Humans Sternum aged allograft aorta aneurysm aorta graft aorta prosthesis Article ascending aorta surgery body mass Candida albicans candidiasis case report dacron implant debridement echocardiography false aneurysm female heart arrest human leukocytosis nonhuman physical examination priority journal prosthesis infection soft tissue defect x-ray computed tomography adverse effects Aneurysm, False aorta Aortic Aneurysm blood vessel transplantation candidiasis complication pathology sternum surgery
Fungal aortic graft infections are unusual and have been reported primarily in the abdominal aortic position. Ascending aortic graft infections secondary to Candida species have been reported rarely and invariably localized to the confines of the aortic graft. We present an interesting case of an ascending aortic graft infection with Candida albicans, with evidence of invasion of the sternum and overlying soft tissues. © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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