A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease

Idiopathic necrotizing aortitis is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic or giant cell-associated inflammation of the aorta, with no specific identifiable cause. We present the case of a 79-year-old man who sought medical attention from his primary care physician because of worsening shortness of breat...

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Autores principales: Smeeton, Benjamin, Mustaev, Muslim, Sabetai, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6914356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1693986
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Mustaev, Muslim
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description Idiopathic necrotizing aortitis is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic or giant cell-associated inflammation of the aorta, with no specific identifiable cause. We present the case of a 79-year-old man who sought medical attention from his primary care physician because of worsening shortness of breath. The patient underwent an elective ascending aorta, hemiarch, and aortic valve replacement. Histological examination of the aortic specimen demonstrated an unusually thin aorta with features consistent with necrotizing aortitis with giant cell infiltration.
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spelling pubmed-69143562019-12-17 A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease Smeeton, Benjamin Mustaev, Muslim Sabetai, Michael Aorta (Stamford) Idiopathic necrotizing aortitis is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic or giant cell-associated inflammation of the aorta, with no specific identifiable cause. We present the case of a 79-year-old man who sought medical attention from his primary care physician because of worsening shortness of breath. The patient underwent an elective ascending aorta, hemiarch, and aortic valve replacement. Histological examination of the aortic specimen demonstrated an unusually thin aorta with features consistent with necrotizing aortitis with giant cell infiltration. Thieme Medical Publishers 2019-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6914356/ /pubmed/31756735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1693986 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Smeeton, Benjamin
Mustaev, Muslim
Sabetai, Michael
A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title_full A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title_fullStr A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title_full_unstemmed A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title_short A Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Secondary to Idiopathic Necrotizing Aortitis—A Rare but Important Cause of Thoracic Aortic Disease
title_sort large ascending aortic aneurysm secondary to idiopathic necrotizing aortitis—a rare but important cause of thoracic aortic disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6914356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31756735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1693986
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