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Behçet aortitis
Monday 16 September 2013
Synopsis
chronic inflammation
fibrosis,
deformity
complete endothelial loss
fibrin deposit
mixed inflammatory infiltration,
complete mural necrosis with severe inflammation can be present
vasa vasoritis with marked intimal thickening and luminal narrowing
See also
Behçet-like aortitis
References
Cardiac Behçet disease presenting as aortic valvulitis/aortitis or right heart inflammatory mass: a clinicopathologic study of 12 cases. Lee I, Park S, Hwang I, Kim MJ, Nah SS, Yoo B, Song JK. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Mar;32(3):390-8. doi : 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31814b23da PMID: 18300812
Behçet’s aortitis mimicking aortic valve endocarditis with subaortic complications. Shiran A, Zisman D, Karkabi B, Safadi T, Aravot D, Bitterman H, Lewis BS. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 May;19(5):578.e1-4. PMID: 16644444