Thoracic aortic aneurysms involving the root and/or the ascending aorta enlarge over time
until an acute tear in the intimal layer leads to a highly fatal condition, an acute aortic …

Patients with aortitis often present with nonspecific constitutional symptoms. Due to the fact
that aortitis is associated with inflammatory or infectious courses, patients may manifest fever …

Objective Inflammatory diseases of the aorta, other than those of known infective etiology,
are poorly understood. We analyzed a large series of affected patients who had histologic …

Background Aortitis is a generic term defined as an inflammatory condition involving the
aortic wall, of infectious or noninfectious origin. This inflammatory process may deteriorate …

Thoracic aortic aneurysms involving the root and/or the ascending aorta enlarge over time
until an acute tear in the intimal layer leads to a highly fatal condition, an acute aortic …

To the Editor We read with great interest the recent article by Rahman et al1 on the
diagnosis of aortitis in fever of unknown origin by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron …

Background The aorta is rarely affected by autoimmune vasculitis, which can lead to aortic
dilatation requiring surgery. Autoimmune aortitis may affect one aortic segment or the entire …

Objective: To investigate the role of hybrid 18F-FDG PET/CT as a potential risk-stratification
tool of aneurysm expansion by measuring metabolic activity on PET and textural analysis on …

The Authors' reply We read with interest the comment 1 on our recently published case of
aortitis diagnosed with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT 2 …