Acute aortic occlusion secondary to Aspergillus endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser

J T Light Jr; M Hendrickson; W M Sholes; D A Portnoy; W H Bell 3rd; M D Kerstein

doi:10.1007/BF02329385

Acute aortic occlusion secondary to Aspergillus endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser

Ann Vasc Surg. 1991 May;5(3):271-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02329385.

Authors

J T Light Jr¹, M Hendrickson, W M Sholes, D A Portnoy, W H Bell 3rd, M D Kerstein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

PMID: 1905945
DOI: 10.1007/BF02329385

Abstract

A 55-year-old black man, an intravenous substance abuser who had an acute arterial embolus to the distal aorta originating from his mitral valve, was noted on pathologic examination of the clot to have aspergillosis emboli. The infective endocarditis also resulted in emboli to the brain with subsequent death.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aortic Diseases / etiology*
Aspergillosis / complications*
Aspergillosis / etiology
Aspergillus flavus / isolation & purification*
Cocaine
Embolism / etiology*
Endocarditis / complications*
Endocarditis / microbiology
Heroin Dependence / complications
Humans
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / microbiology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*

Substances

Cocaine