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Figure 5. A 61-year-old patient with infected endograft after EVAR for abdominal aortic aneurysm after five years. (A) FDG-PET scan shows gas (arrow) within the aneurysm sac and retroperitoneal fluid collection. (B) Aspiration of pus from the aneurysm sac perioperatively to prevent massive dissemination into abdominal cavity. (C) After debridement and partial aneurysm sac resection, the use of white foam (star) over the endograft (arrow) followed by vacuum-assisted therapy aiming to preserve an endograft.