Surgical treatment of mesenteric infarction, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, and proper hepatic aneurysm in a middle-aged woman with Takayasu's arteritis.
Although Takayasu's arteritis may present a wide variety of signs and symptoms depending on the vessel affected, it is rarely associated with acute abdomen requiring emergency laparotomy. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis that required several surgical interventions for mesenteric infarction, thoracoabdominal aneurysm, and proper hepatic artery aneurysm, all of which were noted in succession within a 1-year period. This is also the first report, to our knowledge, of a hepatic artery aneurysm caused by Takayasu's arteritis.
Koyama
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First Department of Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Tanaka
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M
Shimizu
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M
Nomura
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Kako
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N
Suzuki
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Koie
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H
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging