Infected Takayasu's arteritis presenting with aortic perforation.

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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Published: February 2024

We want to remind Physicians that unusual conditions can present in unusual ways and to keep an open mind always.

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