title: Isolated inflammatory aneurysm of superior mesenteric artery: unexpected pathologic diagnosis.
abstract: A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our department because of the incidental finding during routine abdominal ultrasound examination of a large aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery. Presence of the aneurysm was confirmed at computed tomography and digital subtraction angiography, but its inflammatory origin was not recognized. No other aneurysm localization was found. Macroscopic intraoperative findings suggested the inflammatory nature of the lesion, but only histopathologic examination was diagnostic. Aneurismorraphy with prosthetic in-line reconstruction was performed. This report presents the previously undescribed possibility of an isolated inflammatory aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Florence, Italy. dorigow@email.com
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dorigo
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulli
authors.forename: Alessandro Alessi
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anichini
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Azas
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbanti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pratesi
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gori
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pratesi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery