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- Title
Giant Candida Mycetoma in an Ascending Aorta Tubular Graft.
- Authors
Di Benedetto, Giuseppe; Citro, Rodolfo; Longobardi, Antonio; Mastrogiovanni, Generoso; Panza, Antonio; Iesu, Severino; Bossone, Eduardo
- Abstract
We report the case of a 46-year-old male hospitalized for abdominal pain and fever with history of a David procedure followed by an aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic regurgitation. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and computed tomography showed a large mass floating in the aorta. After surgical excision of the vegetation, attached to the Dacron prosthesis, histological examination revealed Candida hyphae and spores confirming the diagnosis of a mycetoma in an ascending aorta tubular graft. At six-month follow-up, the patient was in good clinical condition without recurrence of the fungal mass on TEE. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12193 (J Card Surg 2013;28:557-560)
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pain; AORTIC valve; AORTIC valve insufficiency; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL excision; AORTA; MYCETOMA
- Publication
Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 5, p557
- ISSN
0886-0440
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jocs.12193