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Giant-cell aortitis: an unusual case of Bentall operation
Anaïs Lemaire1, Fabio Cuttone, Sabino Caprio
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Caen Basse-Normandie and University Hospital of Caen, France.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|March 4, 2014
Abstract:
Noninfectious ascending aortitis is a very rare cause of ascending aortic aneurysm. We report a case of the truly fortuitous finding of this rare condition in a 67-year-old man operated on for an ascending aortic aneurysm associated with dystrophic aortic valve regurgitation. Intraoperative inspection revealed dissection of the aorta just above the left main coronary artery. A modified Bentall operation was performed. The pathological diagnosis was giant cell arteritis.

