Aortitis with aneurysm formation as a rare complication of Wegener's granulomatosis

Cagdas Unlü; Martine Willems; Ineke J. M. ten Berge; Dink A. Legemate

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2011.05.014

Aortitis with aneurysm formation as a rare complication of Wegener's granulomatosis

Cagdas Unlü, Martine Willems, Ineke J. M. ten Berge, Dink A. Legemate

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Abstract

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic vasculitis of medium-sized and small blood vessels. Aortic involvement in WG is very uncommon. We present a 43-year-old patient with an aortitis with aneurysm formation as a manifestation of WG. The patient was operated on and an aortoiliac Dacron inlay graft was inserted. Postoperatively, he recovered uneventfully. Abdominal pain occurring during a WG flare may result from vasculitis of large abdominal arteries with or without aneurysmatic changes for which surgical treatment and immunosuppressive agents are indicated to prevent a possible rupture

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1485-1487
Journal	Journal of vascular surgery
Volume	54
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2011.05.014
Publication status	Published - 2011

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