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Case Reports
. 1992 Sep;51(9):1079-81.
doi: 10.1136/ard.51.9.1079.

Mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch masquerading as systemic lupus erythematosus

K Chakravarty  1 , D G Scott
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Case Reports

Mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch masquerading as systemic lupus erythematosus

K Chakravarty et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

The case is described of a patient with mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch whose clinical and serological features were indistinguishable from those of systemic lupus erythematosus. Surgical resection and repair of the aneurysm resolved her clinical symptoms and the serological abnormalities.

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