Late in-stent restenosis of the abdominal aorta in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis and related pathology

This report describes an in-stent restenosis of the infrarenal aorta in a p atient with Takayasu's arteritis in a nonactive state. A 10-mm-diameter Wal lstent had been deployed 42 months previously. The stented restenosed segme nt was replaced by a surgical graft. Histopathological examination of the e xcised aortic segment showed a thin layer of fibrocellular neointima and ma ssive organized and calcified thrombus. To our knowledge, this is the first histopathological report of a late in-stent restenosis of the abdominal ao rta in Takayasu's arteritis.