Aortitis pathophysiology

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]

Overview

Aortitis is the pathological term for inflammation of the aortic wall. It may also be accompanied by idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond's disease).