ALLMedicine™ Aortitis Center

Sep 22nd, 2021 - Behçet's disease (BD) is a complex vasculitis with some vascular manifestations including venous thrombosis, arterial thrombosis/aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm, and co-associated venous thrombosis and arterial lesions. We present two patients with Behçet...

Sep 5th, 2021 - We report the case of a patient with syphilitic testicular gumma and vasculitis with adrenal failure due to chronic steroid use. A 63-year-old male presented with hard right eye swelling and very firm bilateral testes on palpation, which he had fo...

Sep 4th, 2021 - Aortitis and coronary artery vasculitis of unusual etiology: IgG4-related disease defined by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).|2021|Ahpin C,de Oliveira Brito JB,Chow B,Leung E,|

Sep 2nd, 2021 - Clostridium Septicum Aortitis.|2021|Khurana A,Kearns C,McKenney AS,Gabr AM,|

Aug 20th, 2021 - We report an unusual case of a 35-year-old Ivorian migrant with an abdominal mass and medical history relevant for human immunodeficiency virus-2 positivity with a CD4/CD8 ratio of 0.63; Mantoux and lymphocyte stimulation tests (QuantiFERON) were ...

Jun 9th, 2015 - Inflammatory diseases of the aorta include routine atherosclerosis, aortitis, periaortitis, and atherosclerosis with excessive inflammatory responses, such as inflammatory atherosclerotic aneurysms. The nomenclature and histologic features of thes...

Jun 17th, 2019 - How have you managed a possible infected aortitis, a severe focal stenosis or a fractured carotid stent? Give your input in discussions about these topics, and more, on your online community, SVSConnect. If you attended VAM last week, continue the.

Sep 20th, 2017 - Primary AEFs are caused by spontaneous erosion of the aorta into the GI tract. As many as 83% of these cases are associated with abdominal aortic atherosclerotic aneurysms, with a mean diameter of 6.2 cm. Other causes of AEFs include infection (of...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an untitled letter to Amgen Inc. for the misbranding of its biological product, Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) injection, for subcutaneous use, resulting from a false or misleading promotional communicat...

Dec 2nd, 2015 - Upon physical examination, the loss of lateral flexion of the lumbar spine is the earliest objective sign of spinal involvement. Sacroiliitis may be detected by eliciting a tenderness response during percussion over the sacroiliac joints. Objectiv...

Apr 1st, 2015 - Action Points This consensus statement provides guidance for clinicians facing IgG4-related diseases, a relatively novel classification. Be aware that much of the evidence for managment of these related conditions are not informed by clinical tria...