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Necrotizing Granulomata of the Aortic Valve in Wegeners Disease
Piergiorgio Bruno MD, Claire Le Hello MD, Massimo Massetti MD, Gerard Babatasi MD, Eric Saloux MD, Francoise Galateau MD, Andre Khayat MD Wegeners disease is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by a granulomatous- necrotizing general vasculitis. Cardiac involvement in the form of aortic pathology is not frequent. We report a case of Wegeners granulomatosis which required prosthetic aortic valve replacement for aortic valve insufficiency. Microscopical examination of the valve demonstrated histopathology typical of Wegeners disease. |
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