Acute aortic occlusion with sudden paraplegia secondary to Aspergillus niger embolism from Aspergillus niger aortitis Russell W. Jamieson, MChir, MRCS(Ed), William A. Wallace, PhD, FRCP (Ed), FRCPath, Jehangir N. Din, MBChB, MRCP, Zahid Raza, MD, FRCS(Ed) Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 54, Issue 5, Pages 1472-1474 (November 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.04.056 Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Grocott's methenamine silver stain (original magnification ×400) demonstrated the septated hyphae of Aspergillus niger from the thrombotic material extracted at embolectomy. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2011 54, 1472-1474DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.04.056) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 A computed tomography coronal image demonstrates an (A) area of aortic injury at the site of aortoplasty and (B) a pseudoaneurysm of the aortic root with thrombus. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2011 54, 1472-1474DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.04.056) Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions