Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch.
Inflammatory aortic aneurysms are distinct clinical entities seen mostly in the infrarenal abdominal aorta and rarely in the descending thoracic aorta. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with an inflammatory aortic aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch.
Girardi
L N
LN
Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Coselli
J S
JS
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed