Unexpected Aortitis Mimicking an Ascending Aorta Intramural Hematoma in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jan;14(1):e011014. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011014. Epub 2020 Dec 24.

Authors

Igor Vendramin¹, Monica De Gaspari², Andrea Lechiancole¹, Uberto Bortolotti¹, Ugolino Livi¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Department (I.V., A.L., U.B., U.L.), University Hospital of Udine, Italy.
² Department of Pathology (M.D.G.), University Hospital of Udine, Italy.

PMID: 33356356
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011014

No abstract available

Keywords: aneurysm; aorta; aortitis; hematoma; spondylitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography
Aorta*
Aortitis / complications*
Aortitis / diagnosis
Hematoma / diagnosis
Hematoma / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / complications*
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed