Dhareshwar Jayesh, Estrera Anthony L, Covinsky Michael H, Safi Hazim J
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital, 6410 Fannin Street, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2006 Nov;30(5):806-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.07.029. Epub 2006 Sep 12.
Inflammatory aneurysms of the aorta are usually seen in the infrarenal abdominal aorta and very rarely in the ascending aorta. We present the case of a 76-year-old male with inflammatory aneurysm of the ascending aorta.