TY - JOUR
T1 - Large renal artery aneurysm in Takayasu arteritis
AU - Matsubara, Kentaro
AU - Matsumoto, Kenji
AU - Kameyama, Kaori
AU - Obara, Hideaki
AU - Kitajima, Masaki
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Takayasu arteritis (TA), a primary arteritis of unknown cause, commonly affects the aorta and its main branches. Most patients with TA have stenotic or occlusive changes; aneurysmal degeneration is relatively rare, and renal artery aneurysms are extremely rare. We observed a fusiform, 7-cm renal artery aneurysm in a 57-year-old man with TA who had been followed up for 17 years. The patient underwent nephrectomy and resection of the aneurysm. Histologic examinations of resected specimens of the lesion showed characteristics typical of TA.
AB - Takayasu arteritis (TA), a primary arteritis of unknown cause, commonly affects the aorta and its main branches. Most patients with TA have stenotic or occlusive changes; aneurysmal degeneration is relatively rare, and renal artery aneurysms are extremely rare. We observed a fusiform, 7-cm renal artery aneurysm in a 57-year-old man with TA who had been followed up for 17 years. The patient underwent nephrectomy and resection of the aneurysm. Histologic examinations of resected specimens of the lesion showed characteristics typical of TA.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 17098551
AN - SCOPUS:33846209219
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 44
SP - 1107
EP - 1109
JO - Journal of Vascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Vascular Surgery
IS - 5
ER -