Aneurysm causes

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

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Causes by Underlying Mechanism

Familial

• Clustering of intracerebral aneurysms
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis

Collagen vascular disease

• Marfan's syndrome
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

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