title: Tuberculous aortoarteritis.
abstract: Tuberculous aortoarteritis is a distinct entity. Despite the still wide prevalence of active tuberculosis in developing countries, tuberculous aortoarteritis appears to be rare. The vessel is often involved by a direct extension of the disease from adjacent tuberculous tissue. Occasionally it may result from blood-borne seedlings from an active distant focus. True and false aneurysms are the common manifestations. Stenosing and/or constricting types of lesions and perivascular fibrosis have been encountered by us. The probable pathogenesis is discussed with illustrative cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000150:complications; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications