J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2025 Oct 8;12(1):102006. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.102006. eCollection 2026 Feb.
ABSTRACT
Disseminated fungal infection resulting in aortic occlusion is a rare and highly morbid clinical phenomenon. This article reports the aortic occlusion of a 15-year-old male who had undergone recent emergent splenectomy and induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After initial stabilization, he developed progressive sepsis and ischemia, with cross-sectional imaging findings of pneumomediastinum and descending aorta intraluminal thrombus, which rapidly progressed to aortic occlusion. His clinical status continued to decompensate until he ultimately succumbed to his disease.
PMID:41438418 | PMC:PMC12719146 | DOI:10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.102006