title: Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
mesh_terms: 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