TY  - JOUR
T1  - INflammatory aneurysms of the abdominal aorta
AU  - Moosa HH, Peitzman AB, Steed DL, Julian TB, Jarrett F, Webster MW
Y1  - 1989/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410060035007
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 673
EP  - 675
VL  - 124
IS  - 6
N2  - • Inflammatory aneurysms of the abdominal aorta (IAAAs) have distinctive clinical and physical characteristics that separate them from typical atherosclerotic aneurysms. They were identified in 19 (7.2%) of 265 patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Symptoms were present in 12 (63%) of 19, with one patient presenting with rupture, and multiple symptoms were present in six (32%). Intraoperatively, all aneurysms exhibited dense periaortic inflammation. Adjacent structures most frequently involved were the duodenum in 15 (79%) of 19 patients, the left renal vein in six (32%) of 19, and the ureter in five (26%) of 19. Seventeen (94%) of the 18 patients who underwent elective aneurysm resection survived. The involvement of retroperitoneal structures varied in number and severity, demonstrating that a wide spectrum of inflammation is present in IAAAs, making diagnosis and definition difficult.(Arch Surg 1989;124:673-675)
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410060035007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410060035007
ER  -