Late in-stent restenosis of the abdominal aorta in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis and related pathology.
This report describes an in-stent restenosis of the infrarenal aorta in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis in a nonactive state. A 10-mm-diameter Wallstent had been deployed 42 months previously. The stented restenosed segment was replaced by a surgical graft. Histopathological examination of the excised aortic segment showed a thin layer of fibrocellular neointima and massive organized and calcified thrombus. To our knowledge, this is the first histopathological report of a late in-stent restenosis of the abdominal aorta in Takayasu's arteritis.
Department of Pathology, National Cardiovascular Center, 7-1, Fujishirodai, 5-chome, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
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Ishibashi-Ueda
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Yutani
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Kuribayashi
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Takamiya
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Imakita
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Ando
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*