Aortic dissection and accelerated aneurysmal degeneration in a patient with giant cell arteritis

Aortic dissection and accelerated aneurysmal degeneration in a patient with giant cell arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is associated with nonatheromatous aortic pathology. Here we present a case in which a 76-year-old woman with a biopsy-proven history of GCA and a previous repair of her ascending aortic aneurysm presents with an acute dissection of a 4-cm aneurysm in the descending thorac...

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Main Authors: Maged Metias, MSc, MD, Salpy Kelian, MD, Christine MacColl, MD, Vikram Iyer, MD, Theodore Rapanos, MSc, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Subjects:
Giant cell arteritis
Aortic dissection
Aortic aneurysm
Aortitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428720301209

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