Immunoglobulin G4-Related Aortitis of the Abdominal Aorta.
Jae Won ChoiJun Young ChoiGyung Hyuck KoYun-Hong CheonJong Woo KimChung Eun LeeHyun Oh ParkPublished in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)
Noninfectious aortitis, inflammatory abdominal periaortitis, and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis are chronic inflammatory diseases with unclear causes. Recent studies have shown that some cases of aortitis are associated with immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related systemic disease. Herein, we report a case of IgG4-related aortitis (IgG4-RA) that was diagnosed after surgery. Our patient was a 46-year-old man who had experienced abdominal pain for several weeks. Preoperative evaluations revealed an area of aortitis on the infrarenal aorta. He underwent surgery, and histological examination resulted in a diagnosis of IgG4-RA.
Keyphrases
- abdominal pain
- rheumatoid arthritis
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- oxidative stress
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery bypass
- case report
- coronary artery
- ankylosing spondylitis
- disease activity
- coronary artery disease
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- acute coronary syndrome
- case control
- aortic aneurysm
- abdominal aortic