title: Takayasu's aortitis with dissection in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A forty-seven-year-old Japanese woman under treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), complained of severe back pain. Chest X-ray and MRI showed an aneurysmal dilatation of the ascending aorta. Subsequently an aortic replacement was performed. Microscopically, the resected aorta showed Takayasu's aortitis with chronic dissection. Both aortitis and dissection are rare events in SLE patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Takayasu's aortitis with dissection in a patient with SLE.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuramochi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hata
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology