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Aortitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis

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Modern Rheumatology

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.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, 8.Kat, Besevler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

    Abdurrahman Tufan, M. Engin Tezcan, Arif Kaya, Rıdvan Mercan & Mehmet Akif Ozturk

  2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

    Yusuf Oner

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Tufan, A., Engin Tezcan, M., Kaya, A. et al. Aortitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 22, 774–777 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-011-0566-9

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