Aortitis

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Aortitis refers to a general ~~destriptor~~descriptor that involves a broad category of infectious ~~or noninfectious~~and non-infectious conditions where there is abnormal inflammation (i.e. vasculitis) of the aortic wall.

Clinical presentation

Presentation is non-specific with fever, pain, weight loss.

Pathology

Causes and associatationsAetiology

infectious
- syphylitic aortitis
- tuberculous aortitis
- pyogenic aortitis ~~- especially~~: especially with ~~salmonella~~Salmonella infection
- aortitis due to HIV
- infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysm
non infections
- 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
    - Reiter syndrome
    - ankylosing spondylitis
- Cogan syndrome
- chronic periaortitis
- idiopathic aortitis
- radiation induced aortitis

-<p><strong>Aortitis</strong> refers to a general destriptor that involves a broad category of infectious or noninfectious conditions where there is abnormal inflammation of the aortic wall.</p><h4>Pathology </h4><h5>Causes and associatations</h5><ul>
+<p><strong>Aortitis</strong> refers to a general descriptor that involves a broad category of infectious and non-infectious conditions where there is abnormal inflammation (i.e. <a title="Vasculitis" href="/articles/vasculitis">vasculitis</a>) of the aortic wall.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Presentation is non-specific with fever, pain, weight loss. </p><h4>Pathology </h4><h5>Aetiology</h5><ul>
~~-<a href="/articles/pyogenic-aortitis">pyogenic aortitis</a> - especially with salmonella infection</li>~~
+<a href="/articles/pyogenic-aortitis">pyogenic aortitis</a>: especially with <em>Salmonella</em> infection</li>
~~-<li><a title="infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysm" href="/articles/mycotic_aneurysm">infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysm</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/mycotic-aneurysm">infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysm</a></li>
~~-<li><a href="/articles/takayasu_arteritis">Takayasu arteritis</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/takayasu-arteritis">Takayasu arteritis</a></li>
~~-<li><a href="/articles/ankylosing_spondylitis">ankylosing spondylitis</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/ankylosing-spondylitis">ankylosing spondylitis</a></li>

References changed:

4. Litmanovich D, Yıldırım A, Bankier A. Insights into Imaging of Aortitis. Insights Imaging. 2012;3(6):545-60. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13244-012-0192-x">doi:10.1007/s13244-012-0192-x</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22991323">Pubmed</a>

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