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Fatal Aortic Dissection due to a Fulminant Variety of Isolated Aortitis
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (JCR), 09/15/09

Ryder HF et al. – The authors review case reports of other individuals with aortitis, who initially or very early in their course presented with aortic dissection in the absence of known rheumatic disease and most without evidence of aneurysm formation. This represents a process characterized by an aggressive vasculitis of the aorta with its own clinical features, a fulminant variety of isolated aortitis.

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