Aortitis causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [3] Maliha Shakil, M.D. [4]

Overview

Life threatening causes of aortitis include bacteremia and mycotic aneurysm. Common causes of aortitis include ankylosing spondylitis, giant cell arteritis, and Takayasu arteritis.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Atherosclerosis, endocarditis, perianeurysmal aortitis
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, psoriasis
Drug Side Effect	Furosemide
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
Genetic	IL-23 overexpression, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Hematologic	Myelodysplastic syndrome
Iatrogenic	Cardiac catheterization, perianeurysmal aortitis
Infectious Disease	AIDS, aspergillus, bacteremia, borrelia burgdorferi, candida, endocarditis, enterococcus, escherichia coli, fusarium solani, gonorrhea, haemophilus influenzae, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, mycobacterium fortuitum, mycobacterium tuberculosis, mycotic aneurysm, pasteurella multocida, proteus, pseudomonas, Reiter’s syndrome, rocky mountain spotted fever, salmonella, staphylococcus, streptococcus pneumoniae, syphilis, yaws
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Sarcoidosis
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, ANCA-associated vasculitides, ankylosing spondylitis, autoimmune vasculitis, Behçet’s disease, capnocytophaga canimorsus, Churg-Strauss syndrome, Cogan syndrome, giant cell arteritis, IgG4-related systemic disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Kawasaki disease, microscopic polyangiitis, Ormond’s disease, polyarteritis nodosa, psoriasis, reactive arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome, relapsing polychondritis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, spondylarthropathy, systemic lupus erythematosus, Takayasu arteritis, Wegener granulomatosis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Idiopathic isolated periaortitis, idiopathic isolated aortitis

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

↑ Restrepo, CS.; Ocazionez, D.; Suri, R.; Vargas, D. “Aortitis: imaging spectrum of the infectious and inflammatory conditions of the aorta”. Radiographics. 31 (2): 435–51. doi:10.1148/rg.312105069. PMID 21415189.
↑ Lopes, RJ.; Almeida, J.; Dias, PJ.; Pinho, P.; Maciel, MJ. (2009). “Infectious thoracic aortitis: a literature review”. Clin Cardiol. 32 (9): 488–90. doi:10.1002/clc.20578. PMID 19743492. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Gornik HL, Creager MA (2008). “Aortitis”. Circulation. 117 (23): 3039–51. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760686. PMC 2759760. PMID 18541754.CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
↑ Barbetseas, J.; Vavouranakis, E.; Stefanadis, C. (2005). “Evolution of aortitis after cardiac catheterisation”. Heart. 91 (2): 238. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.038257. PMID 15657250. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Segal, OR.; Gibbs, JS.; Sheppard, MN. (2001). “Eosinophilic aortitis and valvitis requiring aortic valve replacement”. Heart. 86 (3): 245. PMID 11514469. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ St Clair, EW.; McCallum, RM. (1999). “Cogan’s syndrome”. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 11 (1): 47–52. PMID 9894630. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Calcaterra, D.; Karam, K.; Suzuki, Y. (2013). “Computed tomography findings in a patient with fungal aortitis: acute aortic syndrome secondary to fusariosis”. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 17 (1): 171–2. doi:10.1093/icvts/ivt071. PMID 23529750. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Lee, SH.; Choi, JH. (2010). “A case of idiopathic aortitis mimicking severe aortic stenosis”. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 18 (4): 165–8. doi:10.4250/jcu.2010.18.4.165. PMID 21253370. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Sherlock JP, Joyce-Shaikh B, Turner SP, Chao CC, Sathe M, Grein J; et al. (2012). “IL-23 induces spondyloarthropathy by acting on ROR-γt+ CD3+CD4-CD8- entheseal resident T cells”. Nat Med. 18 (7): 1069–76. doi:10.1038/nm.2817. PMID 22772566.
↑ Schlossberg, D.; Aaron, T. (1991). “Aortitis caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum”. Arch Intern Med. 151 (5): 1010–1. PMID 2025125. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Lopez, FF.; Vaidyan, PB.; Mega, AE.; Schiffman, FJ. (2001). “Aortitis as a manifestation of myelodysplastic syndrome”. Postgrad Med J. 77 (904): 116–8. PMID 11161081. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ van Bommel, EF.; van der Veer, SJ.; Hendriksz, TR.; Bleumink, GS. (2008). “Persistent chronic peri-aortitis (‘inflammatory aneurysm’) after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: systematic review of the literature”. Vasc Med. 13 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1177/1358863X08091147. PMID 18940906. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Soravia-Dunand, VA.; Loo, VG.; Salit, IE. (1999). “Aortitis due to Salmonella: report of 10 cases and comprehensive review of the literature”. Clin Infect Dis. 29 (4): 862–8. doi:10.1086/520450. PMID 10589904. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ EDINGTON, GM. (1954). “Cardiovascular disease as a cause of death in the Gold Coast African”. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 48 (5): 419–25. PMID 13216946. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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[Restrepo--1] Restrepo, CS.; Ocazionez, D.; Suri, R.; Vargas, D. “Aortitis: imaging spectrum of the infectious and inflammatory conditions of the aorta”. Radiographics. 31 (2): 435–51. doi:10.1148/rg.312105069. PMID 21415189.

[Lopes-2009-2] Lopes, RJ.; Almeida, J.; Dias, PJ.; Pinho, P.; Maciel, MJ. (2009). “Infectious thoracic aortitis: a literature review”. Clin Cardiol. 32 (9): 488–90. doi:10.1002/clc.20578. PMID 19743492. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[pmid18541754-3] Gornik HL, Creager MA (2008). “Aortitis”. Circulation. 117 (23): 3039–51. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760686. PMC 2759760. PMID 18541754.CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

[Barbetseas-2005-4] Barbetseas, J.; Vavouranakis, E.; Stefanadis, C. (2005). “Evolution of aortitis after cardiac catheterisation”. Heart. 91 (2): 238. doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.038257. PMID 15657250. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Segal-2001-5] Segal, OR.; Gibbs, JS.; Sheppard, MN. (2001). “Eosinophilic aortitis and valvitis requiring aortic valve replacement”. Heart. 86 (3): 245. PMID 11514469. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[St_Clair-1999-6] St Clair, EW.; McCallum, RM. (1999). “Cogan’s syndrome”. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 11 (1): 47–52. PMID 9894630. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Calcaterra-2013-7] Calcaterra, D.; Karam, K.; Suzuki, Y. (2013). “Computed tomography findings in a patient with fungal aortitis: acute aortic syndrome secondary to fusariosis”. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 17 (1): 171–2. doi:10.1093/icvts/ivt071. PMID 23529750. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Lee-2010-8] Lee, SH.; Choi, JH. (2010). “A case of idiopathic aortitis mimicking severe aortic stenosis”. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 18 (4): 165–8. doi:10.4250/jcu.2010.18.4.165. PMID 21253370. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[pmid22772566-9] Sherlock JP, Joyce-Shaikh B, Turner SP, Chao CC, Sathe M, Grein J; et al. (2012). “IL-23 induces spondyloarthropathy by acting on ROR-γt+ CD3+CD4-CD8- entheseal resident T cells”. Nat Med. 18 (7): 1069–76. doi:10.1038/nm.2817. PMID 22772566.

[Schlossberg-1991-10] Schlossberg, D.; Aaron, T. (1991). “Aortitis caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum”. Arch Intern Med. 151 (5): 1010–1. PMID 2025125. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Lopez-2001-11] Lopez, FF.; Vaidyan, PB.; Mega, AE.; Schiffman, FJ. (2001). “Aortitis as a manifestation of myelodysplastic syndrome”. Postgrad Med J. 77 (904): 116–8. PMID 11161081. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[van_Bommel-2008-12] van Bommel, EF.; van der Veer, SJ.; Hendriksz, TR.; Bleumink, GS. (2008). “Persistent chronic peri-aortitis (‘inflammatory aneurysm’) after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: systematic review of the literature”. Vasc Med. 13 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1177/1358863X08091147. PMID 18940906. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Soravia-Dunand-1999-13] Soravia-Dunand, VA.; Loo, VG.; Salit, IE. (1999). “Aortitis due to Salmonella: report of 10 cases and comprehensive review of the literature”. Clin Infect Dis. 29 (4): 862–8. doi:10.1086/520450. PMID 10589904. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[EDINGTON-1954-14] EDINGTON, GM. (1954). “Cardiovascular disease as a cause of death in the Gold Coast African”. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 48 (5): 419–25. PMID 13216946. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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