Immune-Mediated Non-Infectious Periaortitis After Aortic Graft Replacement Surgery: A Case Report Highlighting the Need for Immunosuppressive Therapy

Yuki Hiramatsu; Eiji Hiraoka; Hikaru Ito; Keiichi Iwanami; Joji Ito; Minoru Tabata

doi:10.12659/AJCR.941428

07 December 2023: Articles

Immune-Mediated Non-Infectious Periaortitis After Aortic Graft Replacement Surgery: A Case Report Highlighting the Need for Immunosuppressive Therapy

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care

Yuki Hiramatsu ^A , Eiji Hiraoka ^A* , Hikaru Ito ^A , Keiichi Iwanami ^A , Joji Ito ^A , Minoru Tabata ^A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941428

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941428

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Figure 4. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography at the onset of stroke 6 months after the first surgery. (A) Aortic root just above implanted aortic valve (Gelweave Valsalva™). Contrast was leaked into pseudoaneurysm. Thrombus was noted in the pseudoaneurysm. (B) Ascending aortic graft: Triplex™. Contrast was leaked into the pseudoaneurysm.

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Immune-Mediated Non-Infectious Periaortitis After Aortic Graft Replacement Surgery: A Case Report Highlighting the Need for Immunosuppressive Therapy

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