Abstract:WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS The case of a patient with an untoward outcome after repair of his thoraco-abdominal aneurysm is reported. He was treated for an anastomotic pseudoaneurysm and for multiple visceral aneurysms of new onset. Infection was suspected however, it could not be confirmed. Finally, the post-mortem revealed a fibrin associated EpsteineBarr virus positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma, a very rare malignancy involving the aorta. Although infection is common in patients with a bad outcome after aneur… Show more
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