aortitis

Etiology: 1) syphilitic aortitis 2) rheumatic aortitis a) rheumatoid arthritis b) ankylosing spondylitis c) psoriatic arthritis d) Reiter's syndrome e) Behcet's syndrome f) relapsing polychondritis g) inflammatory bowel disease 3) Takayasu's arteritis 4) temporal (giant cell) arteritis

General

arteritis aortic disease

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1397-98