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From: Fatal disseminated mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection after ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation: a case report

Fig. 3

Heart lesions. a Enhanced CT reveals an unenhanced area in the heart wall, suggesting multiple myocardial infarctions on POD 27. b Percutaneous cardiogram showing non-stenotic coronary arteries with multiple peripheral disruptions (yellow arrowheads). c–f Autopsy; multiple myocardial infarctions are penetrating the whole wall of the heart (green arrow). Vegetation is formed along with the chordae tendineae in the left ventricle (d, green arrowheads). Coronary arteries are patent but filled with fungal thrombosis on the peripheral side (e). Fibrin-containing fungal hyphae (arrowheads) cover the endothelium in all chambers, indicating fungal endocarditis (f). CT computed tomography, POD postoperative day

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