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.
Haga
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Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
Yoshizu
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Okuda
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Uriuda
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Y
Mitsumaru
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A
Tamai
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Tanaka
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S
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