title: Coral reef aorta: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Coral reef aorta (CRA) is a rare form of atherosclerosis that affects the paravisceral and pararenal aorta and its branches. Patients typically present with arterial insufficiency of the bowels, kidneys and lower extremities. The current mainstay of treatment is operative, typically involving transaortic endarterectomy. Herein, we describe a 54-year-old woman with incapacitating lower extremity claudication secondary to a paravisceral coral reef atheroma treated successfully with transaortic endarterectomy via a left retroperitoneal approach. In addition, we present a complete review of modern English literature on CRA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Policha
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moudgill
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DiMuzio
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D057894:Coral Reefs; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed