Fatal Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Giant cell arteritis may lead to catastrophic, large-vessel complications from chronic vascular wall inflammation without prompt diagnosis and treatment. We describe a rare case of acute aortic dissection without preceding aneurysm secondary to histologically confirmed giant cell arteritis (GCA) in...

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Autores principales: Nayar, Anjeli K., Casciello, Michael, Slim, Jennifer N., Slim, Ahmad M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/590721

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/590721

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