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Periaortitis heralding Wegener's granulomatosis
Roux-Serratrice Christine de1, Jacques Serratrice, Brigitte Granel
1Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Timone, France.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|February 13, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a 47-year-old man who successively presented atheromatous coronary artery disease, cholesterol embolism after angioplasty, periaortitis with presence of c-ANCA, and finally typical pulmonary lesions caused by Wegener's granulomatosis. This case illustrates the link between atheromatous and inflammatory process and emphasizes that periaortitis may be a feature of Wegener's granulomatosis.