Aneurysm causes

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Classification Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Cerebral aneurysm Charcot-bouchard aneurysms Rasmussen's aneurysm Thoracic aortic aneurysm
Causes

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Causes

Causes by Underlying Mechanism

• Familial

• Clustering of intracerebral aneurysms
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Osler-weber-rendu syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis

• Hypertension

• Trauma

• Collagen vascular disease

• Marfan's syndrome
• Ehlers-danlos syndrome

• Lipid abnormalities

• Infectious and inflammatory conditions

• Takayasu's arteritis
• Giant cell arteritis
• Syphilis
• Reiter's syndrome
• SLE
• Polychondritis
• Behçet's disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Causes by Anatomic Location

• Thoracic aortic aneurysm

• Marfan's syndrome
• Trauma
• Ehlers-danlos syndrome
• Infection

• Syphilis
• Other bacterial or mycotic infections

• Degenerative changes

• Arteriosclerosis
• Cystic medial necrosis

• Inflammation

• Kawasaki disease
• Polychondritis
• Aortitis
• Behçet's disease

• Hypertension

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm

• Polycystic disease
• Marfan's syndrome
• Atherosclerosis
• Lipid metabolism disorders
• Hypertension
• Aortic dissection
• Mycotic infection
• Cystic medial necrosis
• Ehlers-danlos syndrome

• Peripheral arteries

• Arteriosclerosis
• Takayasu's arteritis
• Trauma
• Syphilis
• Marfan's syndrome
• Kawasaki disease

• Coronary arteries

• Atherosclerosis
• Bacterial infection
• Ehlers-danlos syndrome
• Congenital syphilis
• Scleroderma
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Septic emboli
• Kawasaki disease

• Left ventricle

• ST elevation myocardial infarction