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Necrotizing granulomata of the aortic valve in Wegener's disease
P Bruno1, C Le Hello, M Massetti
1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, University Hospital Caen, France.
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
|October 21, 2000
Abstract:
Wegener's disease is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by a granulomatous-necrotizing general vasculitis. Cardiac involvement in the form of aortic pathology is not frequent. We report a case of Wegener's granulomatosis which required prosthetic aortic valve replacement for aortic valve insufficiency. Microscopic examination of the valve demonstrated histopathology typical of Wegener's disease.