| When the diagnostic work-up in this patient revealed no obvious thrombogenic etiology, the presumptive diagnosis was an atheromatous embolic event. |
| A biopsy of these lesions revealed haematic extravasation with no signs of vasculitis or embolic phenomena. |
| The recurrence of fever after an initial defervescence suggests a septic or nonseptic embolic event, a drug hypersensitivity reaction or the emergence of a resistant strain. |
| The embolic abscesses vary in size from that of a pea to that of an orange. |
| The finding of one or more segmental or larger perfusion defects is a sensitive marker of embolic obstruction. |
| The differential diagnosis for the lesion included thrombotic or embolic causes. |
