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To report a case of idiopathic aortitis, presenting with chronic cough.The Authors describe the case of a 72-year-old man with dry cough, worsening fatigue, weight loss and elevated systemic inflammatory markers.A PET-CT scan We recently saw a patient who had aortitis syndrome associated with secondary amyloidosis. To our knowledge, she is the fourth report of this complication occurring in aortitis syndrome. In November 1985, the patient, a 18 year-old woman, was admitted to our hospital because of a high fever, back
The term "mycotic aneurysm" was first used by Osler in 1882 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in subacute bacterial endocarditis. Mycotic aneurysms account for only 2.6% of all aneurysms of the aorta. Rarer still are anaerobic infections secondary to organisms such as Clostridium septicum,
Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis with segmentary vascular localisation, usually manifesting as temporal arteritis (Horton's disease). The predominant localisation in different vascular districts leads to clinical heterogeneity and poses a considerable diagnostic challenge. We describe a
Background: Aortitis is a rare condition that can be caused by inflammatory or infectious aetiologies. The clinical presentation of aortitis includes a heterogeneous range of symptoms and clinical signs.
Several paraneoplastic inflammatory conditions, particularly autoimmune diseases, have been described in association with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, to date, recurrent acute pancreatitis has never been described in association with MDS. A 44-year-old man presented with prolonged fever