Thoracic aortic aneurysm in the presence of mediastinal and retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Inflammatory aneurysms of thoracic aorta are rare. Of all the aneurysms, only 5-10% are inflammatory in nature and are almost exclusively confined to the infrarenal segment of the aorta. We hereby present a patient with a large inflammatory aneurysm involving the thoracic aorta in association with mediastinal fibrosis and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Saxena
Pankaj
P
University of Western Australia, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
Sivapathasingam
Vanaja
V
Vicaretti
Mauro
M
Costa
Robert J
RJ
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D014567:Urography