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Infected aortic aneurysm is an uncommon, life-threatening disease. Early surgical treatment is crucial to survival. An early diagnosis could be made on CT in suspected cases, although CT features of infectious aortitis overlap with retroperitoneal fibrosis, hemorrhage, and lymphadenopathy. We report the case of an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm and describe the additional potentially useful CT finding of early infectious aortitis, which helps localize the abnormality to the aortic wall.
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Received: 7 August 1995/Accepted: 12 September 1995
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Rozenblit, A., Bennett, J. & Suggs, W. Evolution of the infected abdominal aortic aneurysm: CT observation of early aortitis. Abdom Imaging 21, 512–514 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900115
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