Mucormycosis as the Elusive Cause of an Aortic Thrombus and Tissue-Obliterating Abscess

Figure 1

PET/CT images obtained in evaluation of aortic filling defect (coronal image (a); sagittal image (b)), showing hypometabolic activity within the spinal cord from T3 through T6 and a large (6.3 × 6.4 × 5.3 cm), ring-like area of FDG avidity with central, decreased avidity consistent with an abscess and central infarct of the left upper lobe, posterior chest wall, and adjacent thoracic spine vertebral bodies.

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