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Aortic Vasculitis in Patient With Systemic Lupus ErythematosusVasculitis aórtica en un paciente con lupus eritematoso sistémico

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Introduction

Vasculitis of the aorta and its major branches is a very uncommon finding in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with SLE who developed a vasculitic process affecting the aorta.

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Case Report

The patient was a 65-year-old woman, a native of the Philippines who, at the age of 18 years had had tuberculosis, which had been properly treated but left her with pleural fibrosis. At the age of 40 years, she had been diagnosed with SLE with no associated complications, which was being followed in rheumatology outpatient clinics. She came to our department with a 1-month history of asthenia, adynamia, hyporexia and weight loss related to this syndrome (5 kg in 2 months). She also complained of

Discussion

Aortitis is the inflammation of the aortic wall, with or without disruption of elastic fibers, necrosis or fibrosis, that can affect one or more layers; it is caused by a number of mechanisms.1 The incidence is around 1% to 22%, according to different series.1, 2 A variety of disorders can affect the aorta: infectious diseases like syphilis, staphylococci, tuberculosis or human immunodeficiency virus, vasculitides such as giant cell or Takayasu's arteritis, connective tissue diseases like SLE

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Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

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Please cite this article as: Pérez Ruiz J, Salman-Monte TC, Pros-Simón A, Mestre-Fusco A, Carbonell i Abellò J. Vasculitis aórtica en un paciente con lupus eritematoso sistémico. Reumatol Clin. 2016;12:169–172.

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