Aortitis
Updates to Article Attributes
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Aortitis refers to a general descriptor that involves a broad category of infectious and non-infectious conditions where there is inflammation (i.e. vasculitis) of the aortic wall.
Clinical presentation
The presentation is non-specific with fever, pain and weight loss.
Pathology
Aetiology
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infectious
- syphilitic aortitis
- tuberculous aortitis
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pyogenic aortitis: especially
withSalmonella infection - aortitis due to HIV
- infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysm
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noninfectiousnon-infectious- giant cell arteritis
- Takayasu arteritis
- other rheumatologic disorders
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- Wegener granulomatosis
- Behçet disease
- polyarteritis nodosum
- microscopic polyangiitis
- HLA-B27–associated seronegative spondyloarthropathies
- Cogan syndrome
- chronic periaortitis
- idiopathic aortitis
- radiation
induced-induced aortitis
-<a href="/articles/pyogenic-aortitis">pyogenic aortitis</a>: especially with <em>Salmonella</em> infection</li>- +<a href="/articles/pyogenic-aortitis">pyogenic aortitis</a>: especially <em>Salmonella</em> infection</li>
-<strong>noninfectious</strong><ul>- +<strong>non-infectious</strong><ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/radiation-induced-aortitis">radiation induced aortitis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/radiation-induced-aortitis">radiation-induced aortitis</a></li>