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CT scan showing an irregular abnormality in the descending aorta and occlusion of the celiac trunk.
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A computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a filling defect of the descending aorta and the coeliac trunk (Fig. 1), which was interpreted as a possibly infected thrombosis and was treated with gentamicin and vancomycin.
(A) Filling defect of the descending aorta resected from the 8th thoracic vertebrae to the celiac trunk. (B) Interposition graft inserted between the two ends of the aorta with an oblique anastomosis at the celiac trunk.
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The distal part of the thoraco-abdominal aorta, from the 8th thoracic vertebrae down to the celiac trunk, was resected (Fig. 2A). An interposition graft (Intergard prosthesis o 22 mm, Maquet Getinge group, Intervascular, Athelia, La Ciotat, France) was inserted between the two ends of the aorta with an oblique anastomosis at the celiac trunk (Fig. 2B).