A case of multiple giant coronary aneurysms and abdominal aortic aneurysm coexisting with IgG4-related disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 963-967

  Takei, Hirofumi ^a   Nagasawa, Hayato ^a   Sakai, Ryota ^a   Nishimura, Koji ^a   Kurasawa, Takahiko ^a   Okuyama, Ayumi ^a   Nishi, Eiko ^a   Shirai, Yuichiro ^a   Kondo, Tsuneo ^a   Ogawa, Hiroe ^a   Ito, Tatsuya ^b   Amano, Koichi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitama Yorii Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bile duct; Giant coronary aneurysm; IgG4; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIP BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PAROTID ENLARGEMENT; PLASMA CELL; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CORONARY ANEURYSM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE;

EID: 84859840877     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6944     Document Type: Article

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