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Abdominal aortic aneurysms can progress silently, and the risk of rupture increases significantly with increase in diameter. We report a large, untreated infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm of 17 cm in length and 8 cm in diameter, showing the chronic atherothrombosis discovered in a 91 year-old white male cadaveric donor. 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