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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:806-807
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Case reports

Inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta

^a Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77030, United States
^b Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital, United States

Received 5 April 2006; received in revised form 22 June 2006; accepted 6 July 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 500 5420; fax: +1 713 500 0656. (Email: Anthony.l.estrera{at}uth.tmc.edu).

Inflammatory aneurysms of the aorta are usually seen in the infrarenal abdominal aorta and very rarely in the ascending aorta. We present the case of a 76-year-old male with inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.

Key Words: Inflammatory • Aneurysm • Ascending aorta

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