Giant Coronary Aneurysm in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Coronary aneurysm is rare in SLE and confirmation of etiology is usually made at postmortem examination. We encountered a giant aneurysm with multiple stenotic segments of the coronary arteries in a patient with SLE who had previous history of AAA/TAA. Resection of the aneurysm and coronary artery b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2009, Vol.48(16), pp.1407-1412
Hauptverfasser: Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Fujigaki, Yoshihide, Mori, Masashi, Yamamoto, Tatsuo, Kato, Akihiko, Wakahara, Nobuyuki, Hayashi, Hideharu, Yamashita, Katsushi, Kazui, Teruhisa, Hishida, Akira
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Zusammenfassung:Coronary aneurysm is rare in SLE and confirmation of etiology is usually made at postmortem examination. We encountered a giant aneurysm with multiple stenotic segments of the coronary arteries in a patient with SLE who had previous history of AAA/TAA. Resection of the aneurysm and coronary artery bypass graft were successfully performed. Histology of the coronary arterial wall showed severe damage of the media with inflammatory cell infiltration, indicating that the aneurysm was caused by arteritis. The aneurysm may have developed during the long course of inactive stage of SLE, emphasizing the need for screening of coronary lesions in the management of SLE.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2079