Abstract
We report a case demonstrating an unusual and previously unpublished complication of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), that is massive hemorrhage from a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the left internal mammary due to invasiveAspergillus fumigatus of the anterior chest wall. This brief report further illustrates the angiographic diagnosis and embolotherapeutic control of a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the internal mammary artery.
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Sanchez, F.W., Freeland, P.N., Bailey, G. et al. Embolotherapy of a mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the internal mammary artery in chronic granulomatous disease. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 8, 43–45 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552640
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