Background: Aneurysms of the thoracic aorta are common in male patients around the VI-VII decade of life and most have a degenerative aetiology; otherwise, the occurrence of this disease at a younger age should prompt the search of rarer causes. We report a singular case of ascending aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a young man. Case summary: A large AAA accompanied by multivessel dilatation and renal failure of unknown onset was incidentally found in a 23-year-old male during the diagnostic work-up after a car accident. A systemic disease was therefore suspected, and a full clinical investigation revealed the uncommon diagnosis of sarcoidosis accompanied by large vessel vasculitis. Discussion: Only a few reports in the literature describe the concurrence of sarcoidosis and large vessel vasculitis (Takayasu arteritis), which may share non-specific immunoinflammatory abnormalities. This case underlines the importance of a multisystem diagnostic approach even in front of an incidental finding that is inconsistent with patient's age.
Case report of a peculiar aneurysm of the ascending aorta: When there is much more beyond an incidental finding / Ceschia N.; Scheggi V.; Marchionni N.; Stefano P.. - In: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2514-2119. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(2021), pp. 1-8. [10.1093/ehjcr/ytab205]
Case report of a peculiar aneurysm of the ascending aorta: When there is much more beyond an incidental finding
Marchionni N.;Stefano P.
2021
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Background: Aneurysms of the thoracic aorta are common in male patients around the VI-VII decade of life and most have a degenerative aetiology; otherwise, the occurrence of this disease at a younger age should prompt the search of rarer causes. We report a singular case of ascending aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a young man. Case summary: A large AAA accompanied by multivessel dilatation and renal failure of unknown onset was incidentally found in a 23-year-old male during the diagnostic work-up after a car accident. A systemic disease was therefore suspected, and a full clinical investigation revealed the uncommon diagnosis of sarcoidosis accompanied by large vessel vasculitis. Discussion: Only a few reports in the literature describe the concurrence of sarcoidosis and large vessel vasculitis (Takayasu arteritis), which may share non-specific immunoinflammatory abnormalities. This case underlines the importance of a multisystem diagnostic approach even in front of an incidental finding that is inconsistent with patient's age.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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