Unusual giant cell aortitis
| Autor: | Salah D. Qanadli, Tanina Rolf, Piergiorgio Tozzi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Giant Cell Arteritis Giant Cell Aortitis Aortic valve replacement medicine Humans Arteritis Aortitis Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Aortic wall Giant cell arteritis Giant cell Aortic Valve Angiography cardiovascular system Surgery Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 1107-1108 |
| Popis: | A 76-year old patient was admitted for syncopal episodes, weight loss and fever. Laboratory findings revealed an inflammatory status. Computed tomography (Fig. 1) angiography showed a tumour-like process of aortic and mitral valves extended to the aortic wall. The pathology (Fig. 2) revealed granulomatous process suggestive of giant arteritis. The patient received aortic valve replacement, a pacemaker and corticosteroid therapy. |
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