Aortitis and large vessel arteritis in a newborn.
Disseminated arteritis with extensive involvement of the aorta, as well as involvement of the arch vessels, coronary arteries, and pulmonary arteries, but not of the arteries within the liver, spleen, kidneys, or other organs, is unusual in a newborn. The presence of both acute and chronic inflammation with fibrosis, as well as calcification and focal ossification in the aorta, would suggest that the process had been present for some time before birth. This lesion should be described rather than designated by an eponym or included with such entities as Takayasu's disease. An additional finding of interest was widespread calcification in Bowman's capsules of numerous glomeruli.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology