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CT scan of the abdominal aorta demonstrating a mycotic aneurysm below the renal arteries.
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An abdominal computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed a saccular AAA, well below the renal arteries, 4 cm in diameter and 3.7 cm in length with inflammatory changes suggestive of periaortitis (Figure 1).
CT scan of the thoracic aorta demonstrating a mycotic aneurysm in the descending thoracic aorta.
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This aneurysm was 6 cm in diameter, 8.5 cm long, and compressing the oesophagus anteriorly (Figure 2).
Esophagogastroscopy showing bleeding in the mid oesophagus with the aortic stent eroding into the oesophagus.
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Emergency esophagogastroscopy revealed erosion of the thoracic aortic stent into the oesophagus with active bleeding (Figure 3).