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case_images: Abdominal CT scan (day 1) revealing infrarenal periaortic infiltrates in contact with the inferior vena cava (arrow).
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case_images: Abdominal CT scan showed a circumferential thickening of the sigmoid wall, without fat infiltration, and poorly delimitated infrarenal periaortic infiltrate in contact with the inferior vena cava (Figure 1).
case_images: Abdominal CT scan (day 6) showing an increased periaortic infiltration highly suggestive of infectious aortitis (arrow).
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case_images: A second CT scan on day 6 showed an increased periaortic infiltration highly suggestive of infectious aortitis (Figure 2).
case_images: Axial (a) and reconstructed computed tomographic angiography (b) showing signs of prerupture.
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case_images: The angio-CT scan displayed an infrarenal aortic aneurysm about to rupture (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)), prompting urgent open abdominal surgery.
case_images: Intraoperative view showing the infrarenal aortic replacement with a homograft (black arrow).
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case_images: The aneurysm was then completely excised and a thoracic homograft was put in place (Figure 4) and covered with porcine pericardium.