Clinical and Pathological Studies of Five Autopsied Cases of Aortitis Syndrome

Part I. Findings of the Aorta and Its Branches, Peripheral Arteries and Pulmonary Arteries

Abstract

The clinical findings and the necropsy reports of 5 cases with aortitis syndrome are described. All cases had extensive type of chronic arteritis (aortitis syndrome). The fact that in some cases of aortitis syndrome the lesions of the aorta and its main arteries could extend to the peripheral arteries was noted. The pathological changes of the wall of vasa vasorum were found to correspond to those of the medial and adventitial area of the aorta and pulmonary artery in distribution. The marked similarity between the aortic and pulmonary arterial lesions suggest the common pathogenesis for both lesions.