Surgical pathology of infected aneurysms of the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta: Clinicopathologic correlations in 29 cases (1976 to 1999)

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1112-1120

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Oderich, Gustavo S ^b   Aubry, Marie Christine ^a,b   Panneton, Jean M ^b   Edwards, William D ^a  

^a Dept of Lab Medicine and Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm; aortitis; computed tomography; CT; infection; pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INDIUM 111;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SALMONELLA; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444357007     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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