title: Immunoglobulin G4-related large thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: We report a case of immunoglobulin G4-related large thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 38-year old man. Preoperative contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed that the mid-descending thoracic aorta was extremely enlarged and the maximum diameter of the aneurysm was 92 mm. The patient underwent thoraco-abdominal aortic replacement through a thoraco-abdominal incision under left heart bypass. The postoperative pathological examination diagnosed immunoglobulin G4-related aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aortic Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan yuji-sekine@kif.biglobe.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.affiliation: Department of Aortic Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Aortic Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Aortic Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaguri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G
keywords: Immunoglobulin G4-related disease; Pathological examination; Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm