TY - JOUR
T1 - Abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with childhood sarcoidosis
AU - Gedalia, Abraham
AU - Shetty, Avinash K.
AU - Ward, Kenneth
AU - Correa, Hernan
AU - Venters, Charmaine L.
AU - Loe, William A.
PY - 1996/4/24
Y1 - 1996/4/24
N2 - Childhood sarcoidosis is a rare disease with multisystemic organ involvement. A wide spectrum of vasculitides, including large vessel involvement, have been reported in childhood sarcoidosis. We describe a 7-year-old boy with childhood sarcoidosis who presented with prolonged fever, iritis, and abdominal aortic aneurysm. He underwent successful surgical repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm and followup for 12 months was uneventful. This is the first report of abdominal aortic aneurysm complicating childhood sarcoidosis.
AB - Childhood sarcoidosis is a rare disease with multisystemic organ involvement. A wide spectrum of vasculitides, including large vessel involvement, have been reported in childhood sarcoidosis. We describe a 7-year-old boy with childhood sarcoidosis who presented with prolonged fever, iritis, and abdominal aortic aneurysm. He underwent successful surgical repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm and followup for 12 months was uneventful. This is the first report of abdominal aortic aneurysm complicating childhood sarcoidosis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8730140
AN - SCOPUS:0030012041
SN - 0315-162X
VL - 23
SP - 757
EP - 759
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
IS - 4
ER -