AORTIC DISSECTION IN A YOUNG CORTICOSTEROID-TREATED PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
HUSSAIN KMA CHANDNA H SANTHANAM V SEHGAL S JAIN A DENES P
Citation
Kma. Hussain et al., AORTIC DISSECTION IN A YOUNG CORTICOSTEROID-TREATED PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A CASE-REPORT, Angiology, 49(8), 1998, pp. 649-652
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
49
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
649 - 652
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1998)49:8<649:ADIAYC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report a rare case of acute aortic dissection in a young, corticost eroid-treated hypertensive patient with a long-standing history of sys temic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A brief review of literature on aorti c dissection in lupus erythematosus is presented. A low threshold for performing transesophageal echocardiography in the management of chest pain syndrome in SLE is emphasized.