Initial appearance of an ill-defined shadow on a chest roentgenogram in a patient with aortitis syndrome.
A 20-years-old woman with fever and an abnormal shadow on a chest roentgenogram was admitted to our hospital. High grade fever continued even after gradual disappearance of the ill-defined shadow on the right upper lobe (S3) with minor fissure deviation upward, while neck pain and bruit gradually developed. She was diagnosed as aortitis syndrome from a digital subtraction angiography. The initial appearance of an ill-defined shadow on a chest roentgenogram, considered as pulmonary infarction, is rare in the aortitis syndrome and this kind of onset is interesting in relation to the pathogenesis and diagnosis of this syndrome.
Imanaka
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National Sanatorium Toneyama Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Ueda
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E
Morimoto
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S
Ogihara
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T
Tsubura
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E
D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology