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Follow-up abdominal CT one week later showed progressive inflammatory changes around infrarenal aorta extending to common iliac arteries and proximal external and internal iliac arteries, mild mural thickening of proximal abdominal aorta, and development of penetrating intimal ulcers, suggesting progression of
aortitis (Figures 1(a)-1(d)).
She was investigated thoroughly, and all known causes of
aortitis or genetic disorders were discarded.
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In one patient with anal and rectal syphilis, PET demonstrated increased FDG uptake in the distal rectum, anus, and regional lymphadenopathy.[sup][13] In another case with oropharyngeal and gastric syphilis, PET showed increased FDG accumulation in the oropharynx and lymph nodes of the cervical regions.[sup][5] Two cases of secondary syphilis presented with generalized lymphadenopathy, and one of them also had asymptomatic neurosyphilis.[sup][14],[15] Three cases were syphilis with pulmonary involvement,[sup][16],[17],[18] one was syphilitic osteomyelitis,[sup][19] one was syphilitic
aortitis,[sup][20] and one was syphilitic hepatitis.[sup][21]
The leading causes of PAEF are atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysm in about 70% of cases, while
aortitis remains a less common etiology [1].
Takayasu's arteritis (TA), also known as
aortitis syndrome, is a vasculitis more prevalent in women of reproductive age that mainly affects large elastic arteries with symptoms caused by organ ischemia, aneurysm formation, and inflammation [1].
Aortitis is a large-vessel vasculitis involving inflammation of the aortic wall.
MRI and MRA of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis were obtained to delineate the severity and extent of the
aortitis and evaluate inflammatory involvement of additional vessels (Figure 2).
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Aortitis: A Rare Heart Disease More Common in Women (Jan.
