Case Report

Dissection of the Ascending Aorta in a Patient with HLA-B27 Associated Ankylosing Spondylitis

ANTONIO JUAN, MÓNICA IBÁÑEZ, JOSÉ IGNACIO SÁEZ DE IBARRA, INMACULADA ROS, DAVID CRÉMER, and JORDI ROSELL

ABSTRACT.

We describe a 38-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis complicated by a non-traumatic dissection of the ascending aorta without concomitant Marfan's syndrome. (First Release Mar 15 2008; J Rheumatol 2008;35:713-6)

Key Indexing Terms:

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
DISSECTION OF THE AORTA
HLA-B27

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From the Departments of Rheumatology and Cardiology, Hospital Son Llàtzer, and the Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Genetics, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

A. Juan, MD; M. Ibáñez, MD; I. Ros, MD, Department of Rheumatology; D. Crémer, MD, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Son Llàtzer; J.I. Sáez de Ibarra, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery; J. Rosell, MD, Department of Genetics, Hospital Son Dureta.

Address reprint requests to Dr. A. Juan, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Carretera de Manacor, Km 4, Palma, DC: 07198, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. E-mail: ajuan@hsll.es

Accepted for publication November 14, 2007.

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