Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a lifethreatening disease,with high mortality rate and is easily misdiagnosed.Rapid and acute detection of the AMI and its primary diseases by multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) is of great significance.The clinical data of 31 patients with AMI who were admitted to the Xidian Group Hospital from January 2005 to June 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.Stenosis or occlusion of the mesenteric blood vessels,diminished or absent enhancement of the bowel wall are the direct signs of CT,thickening of the bowel wall is the most typical indirect sign of CT.Dilatation or collapse of the bowel lumen and swelling of the mesenterium are the common CT signs.Pneumatosis intestinalis and gas in the portomesenteric vein are reliable CT signs of the Intestinal Infarction.Artery and venous embolism,atherosclerosis,vasculitis,aortitis,strangulated intestinal obstruction and superior mesenteric artery dissection are the possible causes of AMI. Key words: Acute mesenteric ischemia; Tomography, X-ray computed

Aortitis in ankylosing spondylitis: the possibilities of diagnosis and treatment

(2012). The natural history of asymptomatic positron emission tomography: positive giant cell arteritis after a case of self-limiting polymyalgia rheumatica. Modern Rheumatology: Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 942-946.

Giant cell aortitis with histopathologic and clinical response to steroid therapy: A case report

In the pre-antibiotic era, bacterial endocarditis and aortitis were almost uniformly lethal. Subsequently, clinical cures have been achieved only by using bactericidal antibiotics. The principal explanation for these observations is that normal host defense systems are incapable of eradicating these infections. However, exactly why neutrophils, antibody, and complement …

<i>Clostridium septicum</i>Endocarditis Complicated by Aortic‐Ring Abscess and Aortitis

Aortitis – a rare illness

This is the first reported case of neutrophilic dermatosis of the face (Sweet's syndrome) associated with aortitis syndrome (Takayasu arteritis) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The patient was a 39-year-old Japanese female for whom corticosteroid therapy was effective.

Cellular immunocompetence was investigated in 17 cases of aortitis syndrome (3 active, 14 inactive stage). Both the active and inactive groups demonstrated significantly lower interleukin-2 (IL-2) production than healthy volunteers. The active aortitis syndrome group produced significantly more interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) than the inactive group. The proportion of CD11b+ CD8+ cells was significantly lower in the active aortitis syndrome group. Further, the proportions of CD11b- CD8+ cells and CD57+ CD16- cells in the aortitis syndrome patients were significantly higher than the healthy volunteers. These results suggest that there are intrinsic qualitative abnormalities in the T cells that produce IL-2 in aortitis syndrome. Pathogenesis of aortitis syndrome is considered as follows: during the active stage, diminished IL-2 production impairs differentiation and proliferation of suppressor T cells, thus creating abnormalities in the inhibitory functions of immunoregulation and promoting the proliferation of cytotoxic T and natural killer (NK) cells. This presumably initiates inflammation of the aorta and/or artery.

Thoracic aortic aneurysms: a population-based study.

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