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lymphoplasmacytic aortitis
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Microscopy
primary lymphoplasmacytic aortitis
primary lymphoplasmacytic periaortitis without giant cells
medial-adventitial inflammation
elastic fiber disruption in sites of gross aortic dissection
Complications
association of primary lymphoplasmacytic aortitis and aortic dissection.
References
IgG4-related inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm. Kasashima S, Zen Y. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2011 Jan;23(1):18-23. PMID: 21124083
IgG4-related systemic disease accounts for a significant proportion of thoracic lymphoplasmacytic aortitis cases. Stone JH, Khosroshahi A, Deshpande V, Stone JR. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Mar;62(3):316-22. PMID: 20391477
Lymphoplasmacytic aortitis and acute aortic dissection. An uncommon association. Faye-Petersen OM, Arnold MM, Grizzle WE, Lie JT. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1996 Apr;120(4):402-4. PMID: 8619757
