Figure 1. Patients PET/ CT scan
Findings: Hypermetabolic lesions over the prosthetic aortic valve with involvement of ascending and aortic arch. Huge splenomegaly with loss of normal metabolic activity in favor of perfusion defect and massive infarct. Splenic hilar adenopathies were also seen.
Abbreviations: PET/CT scan= positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan.