Inflammatory aneurysm of the descending aorta: a case report.

Heart Surg Forum

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.

Published: December 2006

We report a rare case of an inflammatory descending aneurysm. At surgery, the patient had multiple aneurysms on the descending aorta. Histology of the specimen demonstrated an infiltration of chronic inflammatory cells in the aortic media.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20051153DOI Listing

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