title: [Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm due to Giant Cell Arteritis;Report of a Case].
abstract: A 70-year-old man with an ascending aortic aneurysm was referred to our hospital. He had not shown any head symptoms and blood tests did not indicate any inflammation. Ascending aortic replacement was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Pathologic examination of the aneurysm wall was diagnosed for giant cell arteritis( GCA). Aortic aneurysm due to GCA without no symptom was extremely rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masamitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Satosi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed