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Abdurrahman Tufan, M Engin Tezcan, Arif Kaya, Rıdvan Mercan, Yusuf Oner, Mehmet Akif Ozturk, Aortitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis, Modern Rheumatology, Volume 22, Issue 5, 1 September 2012, Pages 774–777, https://doi.org/10.3109/s10165-011-0566-9
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Abstract
Aortitis, inflammation of the aortic tissue, is most commonly caused by vasculitic rheumatic conditions, and less frequently infectious organisms. Involvement of the aorta is well defined in HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthropathies such as long-standing ankylosing spondylitis and Reiter’s syndrome. However, unlike other spondyloarthropathies, aortic involvement or true aortitis is not a feature of psoriatic arthritis and has been reported in only a few cases. Herein, we report the case of a 22 year-old woman with psoriatic arthritis who developed descending aortitis while using tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.