Aortitis - Revision history

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	** [[Syphilis]]		** [[Syphilis]]
	** [[Tuberculous aortitis]]		** [[Tuberculous aortitis]]
			* Drug-induced: chemotherapy (taxanes and platinum-based), [[GCSF]] (particularly when conjugated with PEG)

	== Investigations ==		== Investigations ==

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Differential Diagnosis

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			== Clinical Manifestations ==

			* Varied, depending on location and cause
			* Classically, back or abdominal pain with fever
			* May cause [[aortic regurgitation]] and [[acute aortic syndrome]]

	== Differential Diagnosis ==		== Differential Diagnosis ==

	* Inflammatory disorders		* Inflammatory disorders
	** [[Large-vessel vasculitis]]: [[giant cell arteritis]], [[Takayasu arteritis]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Reiter syndrome]]		** [[Large-vessel vasculitis]]: [[giant cell arteritis\|'''giant cell arteritis''']], [[Takayasu arteritis\|'''Takayasu arteritis''']], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Reiter syndrome]]
	** Other [[Vasculitis\|vasculitides]]: [[ANCA-associated vasculitis]] ([[granulomatosis with polyangiitis]], [[polyarteritis nodosum]], [[microscopic polyangiitis]]), [[Behçet disease]], [[Cogan syndrome]], [[relapsing polychondritis]]		** Other [[Vasculitis\|vasculitides]]: [[ANCA-associated vasculitis]] ([[granulomatosis with polyangiitis]], [[polyarteritis nodosum]], [[microscopic polyangiitis]]), [[Behçet disease]], [[Cogan syndrome]], [[relapsing polychondritis]]
	** [[Sarcoidosis]]		** [[Sarcoidosis]]
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	** Bacterial: [[Salmonella]], [[Staphylococcus]], [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]], others		** Bacterial: [[Salmonella]], [[Staphylococcus]], [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]], others
	** [[Syphilis]]		** [[Syphilis]]
	** [[~~Mycobacterium~~ ~~tuberculosis~~]]		** [[Tuberculous aortitis]]

			== Investigations ==

			* CTA or MRA to noninvasively confirm the diagnosis
			* Duplex ultrasound of temporal arteries, looking for halo sign to suggest [[GCA]]
			* CBC, creatinine, liver panel, ESR/CRP
			* Blood cultures, for bacterial cause
			* Syphilis serology
			* Tuberculin skin test
			* Rheumatology panel: ANA, ANCA, RF

	== Further Reading ==		== Further Reading ==

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	** [[Syphilis]]		** [[Syphilis]]
	** [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]		** [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]

			== Further Reading ==

			* Aortitis. ''Circulation''. 2008;117(23):3039–51. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760686 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760686]

	[[Category:Rheumatology]]		[[Category:Rheumatology]]

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== Differential Diagnosis ==

* Inflammatory disorders
** [[Large-vessel vasculitis]]: [[giant cell arteritis]], [[Takayasu arteritis]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[ankylosing spondylitis]], [[Reiter syndrome]]
** Other [[Vasculitis|vasculitides]]: [[ANCA-associated vasculitis]] ([[granulomatosis with polyangiitis]], [[polyarteritis nodosum]], [[microscopic polyangiitis]]), [[Behçet disease]], [[Cogan syndrome]], [[relapsing polychondritis]]
** [[Sarcoidosis]]
** Isolated aortitis
*** [[Isolated idiopathic aortitis]]
*** Chronic periaortitis: [[idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis]], [[inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm]], [[perianeurysmal aortitis]], [[idiopathic isolated abdominal periaortitis]]
* Infections
** Bacterial: [[Salmonella]], [[Staphylococcus]], [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]], others
** [[Syphilis]]
** [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]

[[Category:Rheumatology]]
[[Category:Endovascular infections]]