Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography  2004;12(2):97-100

A Case of Fungal Vegetation on Aortic Graft.

Hyeon Soo CHO 1 ; Ji Hoon KANG ; Jun Ho BAE ; Geu Ru HONG ; Jong Seon PARK ; Jaekyo LEE ; Dong Gu SHIN ; Yeong Jo KIM ; Bong Seop SHIM

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Keywords

Vegetation; Aortic graft

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A 40-year-old man who underwent 2 times of operation for the graft interposition with aortic valve replacement because of aortic dissection was admitted due to high fever and multiple petechiae on extremities for several days. We performed Transthoracic echocardiogram and MRI, revealed vegetation in the aortic arch and descending aorta. Re-do operation of aortic segment replacement and vegetation removal was carried out. Histological evaluation of vegetatation found fungal mass of aspergillus fumigatus.