Intra-Arterial Aspergillosis Resulting in Recurrent Subclavian Artery Thrombosis: A Late Complication of Coronary Bypass  Surgery

Vasoinvasive Aspergillus infection in immunocompetent patients is rare and primarily encountered as a postoperative complication, such as aortitis, endocarditis, arterial thrombosis, or surgical site/endoprosthesis infection (1 –3). This brief report describes a case of acute left upper limb ischemia secondary to intra-arterial aspergillus thrombus resulting in early subclavian stent occlusion. Our institutional review board does not require approval for case reports.

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - March 23, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Ghazy A. Bukhary, Mohammad Arabi, Abdul Latif Khan Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research