Aorta

• aortitis
  25 April 2017

  Types
  infectious aortitis
  non-infectious aortitis dysimmune aortitis
  See also
  periaortitis

• periaortitis
  10 January 2017

  Images
  IgG4 periaortitis https://twitter.com/kinasa85/status/800144449162461184
  See also
  aortitis
  periaortitis

• IgG4 periaortitis
  10 January 2017

  IgG4-associated periaortitis
  Images
  IgG4-associated periaortitis https://twitter.com/kinasa85/status/800144449162461184
  See also
  IgG4-associated diseases
  periaortitis

• aortic valvulitis in Behcdet
  19 September 2013

  Synopsis
  severe aortic regurgitation
  aortic cusps minimally thickened and
  elongated with redundant motion
  severe prolapse
  +/- formation of conglomerated mesh-like mass or echo-free
  space extending into the aortic root or interventricular
  septum, mimicking periaortic abscess could be
  observed
  characteristic mixed acute and chronic inflammation of various stages
  coexisting in a given lesion.
  Valvular leaflets are involved either diffusely or focally.
  The endothelial lining (...)

• Behçet aortitis
  16 September 2013

  Synopsis
  chronic inflammation
  fibrosis,
  deformity
  complete endothelial loss
  fibrin deposit
  mixed inflammatory infiltration,
  complete mural necrosis with severe inflammation can be present
  vasa vasoritis with marked intimal thickening and luminal narrowing
  See also
  Behçet-like aortitis
  References
  Cardiac Behçet disease presenting as aortic valvulitis/aortitis or right heart inflammatory mass: a clinicopathologic study of 12 cases. Lee I, Park S, Hwang I, Kim MJ, Nah SS, (...)

• Behçet-like aortitis
  16 September 2013

  Behçet’s-like aortitis.
  See also
  Behçet aortitis

• syphilitic aortic aneurysm
  28 May 2013
• syphilitic aortitis
  28 May 2013

  Heller-Döhle syndrome. WP
  Syphilitic aortitis (SA) is a disease of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection.
  Syphilitic aortitis begins as inflammation of the adventitia, including the vessels that supply the aorta itself with blood, the vasa vasorum.
  As it worsens, the vasa vasorum show hyperplastic thickening of their walls that restricts blood flow and causes ischemia of the outer two-thirds of the aortic wall.
  Starved for oxygen and nutrients, elastic (...)

• cystic medial degeneration of the aorta
  5 February 2013

  Link
  http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/getpic-fra.cfm?id=9296

• granulomatous aortitis
  29 June 2011

  References
  Saccular aneurysm of ascending aorta caused by granulomatous aortitis in a child. Zumbro GL, Henley LB, Treasure RL. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1975 Mar;69(3):397-401. PMID: #1090784#

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