Inflammatory aspects in atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysms. A case report

Int Angiol. 1990 Apr-Jun;9(2):127-9.

Abstract

An important inflammatory reaction was histologically observed in the wall of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 42 year-old patient suffering from multifocal atherosclerotic lesions. Histochemical and ultrastructural studies showed an active-stage wall lymphomonoplasmacellular component. The histological appearance and biochemical and microbiological studies excluded specific aortitis, a rheumatic disease or concomitant infectious processes. The morphological relationships between the atherosclerotic lesion and the infiltrate together with the immunophenotyping features of the infiltrate suggest the possibility of a close correlation between the inflammatory process and the atherosclerotic lesion of the wall.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Aorta, Abdominal / metabolism
  • Aorta, Abdominal / pathology
  • Aortic Aneurysm / pathology*
  • Aortitis / pathology*
  • Arteriosclerosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal