Surgical reconstruction of an ascending aortic dissection in Takayasu's arteritis.
A 45-year-old Japanese woman with Stanford type A dissecting aortic aneurysm underwent a reconstructive operation on the ascending aorta. Histopathological diagnosis was Takayasu's arteritis in the chronic and inactive phase. It is very rare that a dissecting aortic aneurysm results from Takayasu's arteritis. Long-standing hypertension and fragility of the aortic media due to disruption of elastic fibers were suspected to cause dissection in the entire aorta in this case.
Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
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Haga
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Yoshizu
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Okuda
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Uriuda
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Mitsumaru
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Tamai
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Tanaka
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology