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Late type III endoleak from fabric tears of a zenith stent graft: report of a case

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We report a case of late type III B endoleak from a fabric tear in the main body of a Zenith bifurcated stent-graft approximately 19 months after implantation. A follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan showed gradual growth in the size of the aneurysm, but no apparent endoleak was recognized. However, the CT scan had demonstrated a mosaic pattern in the aneurysm sac, which could indicate an endoleak from a fabric tear. The defect was repaired by implantation of body extensions, but the patient died 5 h after the procedure.

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  1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Hiroshi Banno, Hirofumi Morimae, Tsutomu Ihara, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Kiyohito Yamamoto & Kimihiro Komori

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Banno, H., Morimae, H., Ihara, T. et al. Late type III endoleak from fabric tears of a zenith stent graft: report of a case. Surg Today 42, 1206–1209 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-012-0320-8

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