Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm: Close relationship to IgG4-related periaortitis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Kasashima, Satomi ^a,b   Zen, Yoh ^a   Kawashima, Atsuhiro ^b   Konishi, Keiko ^b   Sasaki, Hisao ^b   Endo, Masamitsu ^b   Matsumoto, Yasushi ^b   Kawakami, Kengo ^b   Kasashima, Fuminori ^b   Moriya, Makio ^b   Kimura, Keiichi ^c   Ohtake, Hiroshi ^c   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Autoimmune pancreatitis; IgG4; Inflammation; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELLS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

EID: 38649136326     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181342f0d     Document Type: Article

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