Behçet's Aortitis – a Short Reports: False Aneurysm Rupture and Aortico-duodenal Fistula

False aneurysm of the ascending aorta with aortico-right atrial fistula.

Delayed rupture of false aneurysm following a femoral fracture.

We report a case of a conservatively treated mid-shaft femora! fracture complicated by the rupture of a false aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery. Case report. An 83-year-old woman, who had had an Exeter total hip replacement three years earlier, fell and sustained a spiral fracture of her right femur, just below the tip of the prosthesis. In view of the presence of the implant, she was ...

Thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with aortitis--case reports and histological review.

Ten cases of post-inflammatory aneurysm of the thoracic aorta were studied morphologically using aortic wall and aortic valve tissue resected during the surgical repair of the lesions. Four cases of aortic aneurysm in Behcet's disease showed massive perivascular infiltration of the lymphocytes and plasma cells in adventitia and vasa vasorum. Fibrous obliteration of the vasa vasorum was seen, an...

Aortitis and Aortic Aneurysm in Systemic Vasculitis

Vasculitis encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by inflammation of blood vessels. Inflammation affects vessels of any type and size, and causes a wide range of clinical manifestations, depending on the vascular bed involved. The preferential size of involved vessels and the targeted tissues determine the clinical presentation and serve as key elements for classification ...

Aneurysm and dissection in a patient with syphilitic aortitis.

In the antibiotic era, aortic aneurysm is a rare complication of syphilis, what makes the diagnostic assumption even more difficult. Nonetheless, this condition should be suspected in patients with aortic aneurysm. Reports of aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aortitis have been distinctly rare in the literature, and their cause-effect relationship has not been definitely established. In...