Polyarteritis nodosa causing a vast coronary artery aneurysm.
2015
Ullrich Ebersberger, and
Johannes Rieber, and
Petra Wellmann, and
Constanze Goebel, and
Brigitte Gansera
Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Center Bogenhausen, Klinikum Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany.
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MeSH Term
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D010488
Polyarteritis Nodosa
A form of necrotizing non-granulomatous inflammation occurring primarily in medium-sized ARTERIES, often with microaneurysms. It is characterized by muscle, joint, and abdominal pain resulting from arterial infarction and scarring in affected organs. Polyarteritis nodosa with lung involvement is called CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME.
Abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of CORONARY VESSELS. Most coronary aneurysms are due to CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS, and the rest are due to inflammatory diseases, such as KAWASAKI DISEASE.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328
Adult
A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.
Adults
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