Catastrophic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Rare Black Fungi

Figure 3

Axial, sagittal, and coronal contrast-enhanced CT images of the chest showing a fungal ball in the aortic root adherent to the prosthetic valve (arrows). Ao = aorta; PA = main pulmonary artery; RA = right atrium; LA = left atrium; RV = right ventricle; LV = left ventricle; SVC = superior vena cava.