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Follow-up for 30 years of a case of aortitis causing coarctation in infancy with dermatitis gangrenosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Wei Li
Affiliation:
Grown-Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Jane Somerville*
Affiliation:
Grown-Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
*
Dr. Jane Somerville, Grown-Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP United Kingdom. Tel: 0171-351-8601; Fax: 0171-351-8201

Abstract

A patient with aortitis presented in infancy with dermatitis gangrenosa. Coarctation of the aorta was subsequently produced by granulomatous tissue. We report 30 years of medical observation.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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