A 69-year-old hypertensive man who had 7 pseudoaneurysms caused by penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers underwent 2-staged endovascular grafting in the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta and a conventional graft replacement of the abdominal aorta. He had an uneventful postoperative course; follow-up computed tomography demonstrated that all aneurysmal lesions treated by endovascular grafting completely disappeared. He has been free from any aortic events 20 months after the last surgery.
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