A 61-year-old man presented with aortic valve stenosis, coronary artery disease in
combination with rheumatic arthritis, peri-aortic inflammation and fibrosis with aortitis.
In the pathological literature this has been termed chronic periaortitis, while in
the surgical literature, non-aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta associated with atherosclerosis
and inflammation has been described as aortitis. The name chronic periarteritis refers
to the associated involvement of coronary arteries. Although different terminologies
have been used, it is suggested that all of them most likely represent the same disease
entity.
Aortitis - chronic periaortitis - rheumatoid arthritis - aortic valve disease
